The influence of political ideology on trust in science

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  McCright, Aaron M ^a   Dentzman, Katherine ^a   Charters, Meghan ^a   Dietz, Thomas ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

impact science; political ideology; production science; trust in science

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC HEALTH;

ECONOMIC PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS; GENERAL PUBLICS; HEALTH IMPACT; IMPACT SCIENCE; POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES; TRUST IN SCIENCE;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

CAPITALISM; ECONOMIC SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SURVEYING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891906797     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/4/044029     Document Type: Article

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