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The medfly crisis: Citizens' response to eradication risks

authors

Glenn R. Hawkes, University of California
Marc Pilisuk, University of California
Martha C. Stiles, University of California
Curt Acredolo, University of California

publication information

California Agriculture 38(1):14-16. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v038n01p14. January-February 1984.

abstract

The public saw the benefits of medfly eradication as far exceeding the risks of exposure to pesticides

author affiliations

Glenn R. Hawkes is professors, in the Department of Applied Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis. Marc Pilisuk is Professors, in the Department of Applied Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis. Martha C. Stiles is Post-graduate Researcher, in the Department of Applied Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis. Curt Acredolo is Research Psychologist, in the Department of Applied Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis.

author notes

The authors gratefully acknowledge the contributions of Gregg Nerase and Guy Whitlow. Funding was supplied in part by a grant from the California Department of Food and Agriculture (#1786) and by the UC Agricultural Experiment Station. A copy of the questionnaire may be obtained from the Department of Applied Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616.


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