The effect of social trust on citizens' health risk perception in the context of a petrochemical industrial complex

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 399-416

  López Navarro, Miguel Ángel ^a   Llorens Monzonís, Jaume ^a   Tortosa Edo, Vicente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Citizens' health risk perception; Petrochemical industry; Social trust; Trust in companies; Trust in public institutions

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK PERCEPTION;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTENT VALIDITY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERCEPTION; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; RELIABILITY; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL TRUST; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TRUST; UNCERTAINTY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CASTELLON; COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84873882962     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph10010399     Document Type: Article

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