Lay people's and experts' risk perception and acceptance of vaccination and culling strategies to fight animal epidemics

Journal of Risk Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-66

  Zingg, Alexandra ^a   Siegrist, Michael ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

animal epidemics; experts; gender; lay people; risk perception; stakeholders

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; EXPERTS; GENDER; GENDER DIFFERENCES; LAY PEOPLE; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; RESPONSE PATTERNS; RISK COMMUNICATION; STAKEHOLDER GROUPS; STAKEHOLDERS; VACCINATION STRATEGY;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; DISEASE CONTROL; RISK PERCEPTION; SURVEYS;

DISEASES;

EID: 84857304692     PISSN: 13669877     EISSN: 14664461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2011.601320     Document Type: Article

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