Articulating the signs of danger: Lay experiences of post-Chernobyl radiation risks and effects

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 405-421

  Kuchinskaya, Olga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

articulation; lay experience; perception; radiation; risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELARUS; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION MONITORING; REPUBLIC OF BELARUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79956344611     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662509348862     Document Type: Article

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