Government management of two media-facilitated crises involving dioxin contamination of food

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 261-269

  Jacob, Casey J ^a   Lok, Corie ^b   Morley, Katija ^c   Powell, Douglas A ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b eBiz Professionals Inc ^*

^c eBiz Professionals Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Belgium; crisis; dioxin; food safety; Republic of Ireland; risk communication

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; IRELAND; MASS MEDIUM;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ANIMAL FEED; BELGIUM; DIOXINS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; IRELAND; MASS MEDIA;

EID: 79954559701     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662509355737     Document Type: Article

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