Anglers' appraisals of the risks of eating sport-caught fish from industrial areas: Lessons from Chicago's Calumet region

Human Ecology Review

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-62

  Westphal, Lynne M ^a   Longoni, Mario ^b   LeBlanc, Cherie L ^a   Wali, Alaka ^b  

^a NORTH CENTRAL RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Fish consumption; Risk perception; Rustbelt landscapes; Urban angling fishing

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749121670     PISSN: 10744827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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