The social and political lives of zoonotic disease models: Narratives, science and policy

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue , 2013, Pages 10-17

  Leach, Melissa ^a   Scoones, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ebola; H5N1; Modelling; Uncertainty; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

AVIAN INFLUENZA; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH POLICY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; POLICY APPROACH;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA A (H5N1); MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NARRATIVE; NONHUMAN; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; ZOONOSIS;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BIRDS; EPIDEMICS; HEALTH POLICY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NARRATION; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; SCIENCE; ZOONOSES;

AVES;

EID: 84878131115     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.03.017     Document Type: Article

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