The eltroxin controversy: Risk and how actors construct their world

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 397-411

  Gardner, John ^a   Dew, Kevin ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Drug regulation; Eltroxin; Risk; Risk communication; Risk management; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SODIUM; GOLDSHIELD; LEVOTHYROXINE SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CONFUSION; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; EYE INFLAMMATION; EYE PAIN; HEADACHE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LETHARGY; MYALGIA; NEW ZEALAND; OCULAR PRURITUS; RASH; SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL DISORDER; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 79961163880     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698575.2011.596187     Document Type: Article

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