'Do not eat fish more than twice a week'. Rational choice regulation and risk communication: Uncertainty transfer from risk assessment to public

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 271-292

  Blanchemanche, Sandrine ^a   Marette, Stéphan ^b   Roosen, Jutta ^c   Verger, Philippe ^a  

^a Métarisk   (France)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Public health; Rational choice regulation; Risk; Risk communication; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; FRANCE; HEALTH HAZARD; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77953387230     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698571003710340     Document Type: Article

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