Understanding Public Responses to Risk: Policy and Practice

Risk Communication and Public Health

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Bennett, Peter ^a   Calman, Kenneth ^b   Curtis, Sarah ^c   Fischbacher Smith, Denis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Public health; Public policy; Risk communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920872092     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199562848.003.01     Document Type: Chapter

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