"Healthy" discussions about risk: The Corn Refiners Association's strategic negotiation of authority in the debate over high fructose corn syrup

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 219-235

  Heiss, Sarah N ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

authority; food risks; politics of discourse; trade associations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874062909     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662511402281     Document Type: Article

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