Public health responses to West Nile virus : the role of risk perceptions and behavioral uncertainty in risk communication and policy

Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases provide a challenge to public health in that the frequency, location, duration, and severity of the disease and outbreak are not always readily identifiable. In the absence of such information, the need to understand what drives risk perceptions, risk tr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Elmieh, Negar
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/7206