Risk and benefit perceptions of mobile phone and base station technology in Bangladesh

Risk Analysis

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1002-1015

  Van Kleef, Ellen ^a   Fischer, Arnout R H ^a   Khan, Moin ^b   Frewer, Lynn J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ACM International Conference Proceeding Series   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Base stations; Mobile phones; Risk and benefit perceptions; Trust

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; CONTEXTUAL FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HEALTH CONCERNS; MOBILE COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; MOBILE PHONE TECHNOLOGY; NATURAL DISASTERS; PERCEIVED BENEFITS; POTENTIAL HEALTH; QUALITATIVE STUDY; RADIO SIGNALS; RISK COMMUNICATION;

BASE STATIONS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISASTERS; HEALTH; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE PHONES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION; TECHNOLOGY; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SETS;

HEALTH RISKS;

DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH RISK; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; NATURAL DISASTER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK; RISK PERCEPTION; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TRADE-OFF;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; MOBILE PHONE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BANGLADESH; CELLULAR PHONE; RISK ASSESSMENT; CELL PHONES;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 77954090857     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2010.01386.x     Document Type: Article

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