Petrochemical industry and health risk perception: A research carried out by means of focus groups;Industria petrolchimica e percezione dei rischi per la salute: Una ricerca condotta per mezzo di focus group

Epidemiologia e Prevenzione

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 53-58

  Gatto, Elisa ^a   Mudu, Pierpaolo ^b   Saitta, Pietro ^a   Faberi, Michele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b Ufficio di Roma per un'Authorship Più Dettagliata   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Mobility; Petrochemical industry; Risk perception; Sicily

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ITALY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; STANDARD; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; AWARENESS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PETROLEUM; POWER PLANTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK; SICILY; URBAN HEALTH; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 68549133266     PISSN: 11209763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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