The relationship between lay and technical views of Escherichia coli O157 risk

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1573, 2011, Pages 1999-2009

  Strachan, N J C ^a   Hunter, C J ^b   Jones, C D R ^b   Wilson, R S ^c   Ethelberg, S ^d   Cross, P ^e   Williams, A P ^e   MacRitchie, L ^a   Rotariu, O ^a   Chadwick, D ^f  

^a Department of Physics SUPA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^e BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E. coli O157; Epidemiology; Lay understanding; Risk perception; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECAL COLIFORM; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MEAT; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK PERCEPTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; STAKEHOLDER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FOOD CONTROL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WALES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; ZOONOSES;

GRAMPIAN; NORTH WALES; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79958045481     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0393     Document Type: Article

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