Assessing what to address in science communication

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2013, Pages 14062-14068

  Bruine De Bruin, Wändi ^a,b   Bostrom, Ann ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; DNA MODIFICATION; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY; VACCINATION; ARTICLE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC OPINION; SCIENCE;

COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PUBLIC OPINION; SCIENCE;

EID: 84887650096     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1212729110     Document Type: Review

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