Health, hygiene and biosecurity: Tribal knowledge claims in the UK poultry industry

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 561-577

  Nerlich, Brigitte ^a   Brown, Brian ^b   Crawford, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biosecurity; Hygiene; Poultry industry; Risk

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIOSAFETY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; ETHNOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC; POULTRY FARMING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 77949395923     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698570903329441     Document Type: Article

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