BSE and variant CJD: Emerging science, public pressure and the vagaries of policy-making

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 109, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 179-184

  Hueston, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE); Epidemiology; Policy making; Risk communication

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CATTLE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 84875406405     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2012.11.023     Document Type: Review

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