Qualitative analysis of cognitive and contextual determinants of Canadians' individual response to terrorism

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 431-450

  Lee, Jennifer E C ^a   Dallaire, Christine ^a   Lemyre, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Decision making; Risk; Risk perception; Social cognition; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TERRORISM;

EID: 70350769423     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698570903184564     Document Type: Article

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