Flavors of uncertainty the difference between denial and debate

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Holtcamp, Wendee ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; DENIAL; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; MASS COMMUNICATION; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; SCIENCE; SCIENTIST; STEM CELL; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNCERTAINTY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NOTE;

COMMUNICATION; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; SCIENCE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84879741354     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.120-a314     Document Type: Article

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