Abnormal Daily Temperature and Concern about Climate Change Across the United States

Review of Policy Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 199-217

  Brooks, Jeremy ^a   Oxley, Douglas ^b   Vedlitz, Arnold ^c   Zahran, Sammy ^d   Lindsey, Charles ^e  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^e StataCorp   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormal temperature; Climate change attitudes; Decision making; Environmental policy; Environmental risk assessment

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84900495156     PISSN: 1541132X     EISSN: 15411338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ropr.12067     Document Type: Article

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