Emerging infectious diseases: Coping with uncertainty

Argumentation

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-188

  Cummings, Louise ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Informal fallacy; Presumption; Reasoning; Scientific inquiry; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 64749103141     PISSN: 0920427X     EISSN: 15728374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10503-008-9116-9     Document Type: Article

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