Public Interests and Values in Multi-Level Food Risk Governance: European Responses to Avian Influenza

Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 161-177

  de Krom, Michiel P M M ^a,b   Oosterveer, Peter ^a   Mol, Arthur P J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

animal health; Food policy; food safety; public; risk; science; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 84878138345     PISSN: 1523908X     EISSN: 15227200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1523908X.2012.746867     Document Type: Article

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