Science, health and everyday knowledge: A case study about the common coldFootnote‡

‡ This is a revised and shortened version of an unpublished paper: Prout, A., Davies, J. and Prendergast, S. 1982, Scientific knowledge and everyday life: a case study in students’ knowledge of the common cold. Mimeo, 1982. The research upon which it is based was supported by the Health Education Council and carried out from the Health Education Studies Unit, Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge. The views expressed in the paper are those of the author but I would like to acknowledge gratefully the contribution of my colleagues Jim Davies and Shirley Prendergast.

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