Canadian Media Representations of Mad Cow Disease

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 72, Issue 17-18, 2009, Pages 1096-1105

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CANADA; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT; MASS MEDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CATTLE; ECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

BOVINAE;

ANIMALS; CANADA; CATTLE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; GREAT BRITAIN; NEWSPAPERS;

EID: 69849094784     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390903084629     Document Type: Article

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