To eat or not to eat an endangered species: Views of local residents and physicians on the safety of sea turtle consumption in northwestern Mexico

EcoHealth

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 584-595

  Senko, Jesse ^a   Nichols, Wallace J ^b   Ross, James Perran ^a   Willcox, Adam S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

bacteria; Baja California; consumption; contaminants; human health; knowledge; Mexico; parasites; risk communication; risk perceptions; sea turtles

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD POISONING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC OPINION; TURTLE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; PHYSICIANS; PUBLIC OPINION; TURTLES;

EID: 78149473448     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-010-0280-7     Document Type: Article

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