Public responses to uncertainty

Communicating Uncertainty: Media Coverage of New and Controversial Science

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 43-57

  Einsiedel, Edna ^a   Thorne, Bruce ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 85076144406     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410601360-9     Document Type: Chapter

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