Gender, race, and perceived risk: The 'white male' effect

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 159-172

  Finucane, Melissa L ^a   Slovic, Paul ^b   Mertz, C K ^b   Flynn, James ^b   Satterfield, Theresa A ^b  

^a DECISION RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gender; Race; Risk perception; Trust; White male effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001529506     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713670162     Document Type: Article

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