Remediating risk as matter-energy-information flows of avian influenza and BSE

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 444-458

  van Loon, Joost ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF EICHSTÄTT INGOLSTADT   (Germany)

Author keywords

avian influenza; BSE; communication; remediation; risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; BRAIN TUMOR; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; CYBER RISK; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MASS MEDIUM; MOBILE PHONE; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC FIGURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84906282279     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698575.2014.936833     Document Type: Article

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