Crisis and emergency risk communication in health contexts: Applying the CDC model to pandemic influenza

Handbook of Risk and Crisis Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 493-506

  Seeger, Matthew W ^a   Reynolds, Barbara ^b   Sellnow, Timothy L ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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EID: 85075670805     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203891629-32     Document Type: Chapter

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