Cultural theory and risk: A review

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-90

  Tansey, James ^b   O'Riordan, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cultural theory; Deliberative science; Grid group analysis; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002040996     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698579908407008     Document Type: Review

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