The expert and the lay public: Reflections on influenza A (H1N1) and the risk society

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 591-595

  Dupras, Charles ^a   Williams Jones, Bryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MASS IMMUNIZATION; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK MANAGEMENT; TRUST;

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MASS VACCINATION; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK MANAGEMENT; TRUST;

EID: 84859025950     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300417     Document Type: Article

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