Perceptions of drinking water quality and risk and its effect on behaviour: A cross-national study

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 5455-5464

  Doria, Miguel de França ^a   Pidgeon, Nick ^b   Hunter, Paul R ^c  

^a Scientific and Cultural Organization   (France)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bottled water; Drinking water; Organoleptics; Quality perception; Risk perception; Tap water

Indexed keywords

BOTTLED WATER; DRINKING WATER; ORGANOLEPTICS; QUALITY PERCEPTION; TAP WATER;

CHLORINE; HEALTH RISKS; POTABLE WATER; PUBLIC RISKS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

RISK PERCEPTION;

CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER; LEAD; TAP WATER;

DRINKING WATER; HEALTH RISK; PERCEPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAVOR; HEALTH HAZARD; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATISFACTION; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER HARDNESS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREAT BRITAIN; LINEAR MODELS; PORTUGAL; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK; SAFETY; TASTE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70249098779     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.06.031     Document Type: Article

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