Mad cows and mother's milk : the perils of poor risk communication
by
 
Leiss, William, 1939-

Title
Mad cows and mother's milk : the perils of poor risk communication

Author
Leiss, William, 1939-

ISBN
9780773528178

Personal Author
Leiss, William, 1939-

Edition
2nd ed.

Publication Information
Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2004.

Physical Description
xvii, 452 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

General Note
Order of authors reversed on previous ed.

Contents
Mad cows or crazy communications? -- A diagnostic for risk communication failures -- Dioxins, or chemical stigmata -- Hamburger hell -- Silicone breasts -- Lost in regulatory space : rBST -- Gene escape -- Mother's milk -- Ten lessons -- Two stinking cows : the mismanagement of BSE risk in North America -- A night at the climate casino : Canada and the Kyoto quagmire -- Life in the fast lane : an introduction to genomics risks.

Subject Term
Communication.
 
Health Education -- methods.
 
Risk Factors.
 
Risk Management.
 
Health risk communication.
 
Health risk assessment.
 
Risques pour la santâe -- Communication.
 
Risques pour la santâe -- âEvaluation.

Added Author
Powell, Douglas Alan, 1962-


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