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Avian influenza on people's minds

Researchers at the Food Policy Institute at the Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station have conducted a nationwide survey of public knowledge, attitudes, intentions and behaviors related to the threat of highly pathogenic avian influenza. The results suggest that avian influenza is on the national agenda. Most Americans have heard about it and have talked about it, but don't know much about it.

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