The ins and outs of biosecurity: Bird 'flu in East Anglia and the spatial representation of risk

Sociologia Ruralis

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 344-359

  Nerlich, Brigitte ^a   Brown, Brian ^b   Wright, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIAN INFLUENZA; FARMING SYSTEM; HEALTH RISK; PATHOGEN; POLICY MAKING; POULTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECURITY;

EAST ANGLIA; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORFOLK [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES;

EID: 70350119841     PISSN: 00380199     EISSN: 14679523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9523.2009.00488.x     Document Type: Article

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