Do the first 10 days equal a year? Comparing two Canadian public health risk events using the national media

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-53

  Driedger, S Michelle ^a   Jardine, Cynthia G ^b   Boyd, Amanda D ^b   Mistry, Bhavnita ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

10 day analysis; BSE; E. coli; Framing; Health risk; Mad Cow Disease; Media; Walkerton

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CANADA; CASE STUDY; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLICATION; RELIABILITY; RISK MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 67651024175     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698570802537011     Document Type: Article

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