Risk Judgment and Community Cancer Clusters

Trumbo, Craig

Abstract

Public concern over cancer clusters - unusual and unexplained increases in the occurrence of cancer is space and time - has increased substantially over the past few years. In this research, the PI will examine why communities perceive that cancer clusters exist and examine how epidemiological risk communications influence community members' risk perceptions. ?Á¢Á/??© ??Á¢¥??>¢ Á??%?Á /???>? ¥©Á ??Á¢¥??> ? ?©Á¥©Á? ¥©Á ¢?%?¥??> ¥? /> ??¥?_?:/¥??> ?? ??>¢Á>¢?¢ ????%Á_ ?? / ?/?¥???%/? Õ??À_Á>¥ ? ?%?¢Á>Á¢¢ ?? ??¢¥/>?Á ?¢ -_Á/>?>ÀÂ?% - ?> ¥©Á ¢Á>¢Á ¥©/¥ ?¥ ?¢ >?¥ /> /?¥?Â/?¥ ? ¥©Á ?/?¥???%/? _Á/¢??Á_Á>¥ ¢?/%Á ?> ?©??© ?>??¥ ?/??/?%Á¢ ?Á?Á /¢¢Á¢¢Á?

Funding Agency

• Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
• Institute: Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES)
• Type: Standard Grant (Standard)
• Application #: 9714960
• Program Officer: Hal R. Arkes
• Budget Start: 1997-08-01
• Budget End: 1999-03-12
• Fiscal Year: 1997
• Total Cost: $139,409

Institution

• Name: Cornell Univ - State: Awds Made Prior May 2010
• City: Ithica
• State: NY
• Country: United States
• Zip Code: 14850