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Table 5

Difference in the percentage of “Agree” on the sources of information regarding radiation and its reliability among medical doctors, pharmacists, nurses and laypersons.

Medical doctors (n = 170) Pharmacists (n = 84) Nurses (n = 246) Laypersons (n = 1030)
Source Agree (%) Agree (%) Agree (%) Agree (%) χ2test
TV 32.9 46.4 51.2 57.5 0.000
Internet 44.1 42.9 46.7 53.6 0.019
Newspaper 37.1 39.3 43.1 52.8 0.000
Public relations by the local government 22.4 27.4 33.3 37.9 0.000
Academic journals/technical book 54.7 35.7 38.6 29.7 0.000
Forum/Meeting of risk communication 40.0 41.7 38.2 31.4 0.018
Public relations by central government 26.8 28.6 35.0 33.7 0.198
Radio 16.5 15.5 26.8 25.9 0.009






Reliability Agree (%) Agree (%) Agree (%) Agree (%) χ2 test






Academic journals/ technical book 75.9 66.7 53.3 51.2 0.000
Forum/Meeting of risk communication 50.6 58.3 51.6 42.0 0.001
Newspaper 28.8 32.1 32.5 41.3 0.002
Public relations by the local government 31.2 36.9 36.6 38.6 0.312
Public relations by central government 34.7 34.5 39.4 34.4 0.517
TV 20.0 28.6 30.9 34.5 0.002
Internet 20.0 23.8 22.0 29.3 0.014
Radio 16.5 16.7 21.1 26.2 0.009

“According to percentage of scores 4 and 5”.

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