The avian influenza pandemic: Discourses of risk, contagion and preparation in Australia

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 311-326

  Abeysinghe, Sudeepa ^a   White, Kevin ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; Risk; Risk communication; Risk perception; Sociology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FOWL; GOVERNMENT; INFLUENZA; PANDEMIC; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 79957793802     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698575.2011.575457     Document Type: Article

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