Defining risk: Normative considerations

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (HERA)

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 381-392

  Perhac Jr , Ralph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Definition; Normative; Policy; Public perception; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001366405     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039609383615     Document Type: Article

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