Risk Perceptions of Men and Women Scientists

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 167-176

  Barke, Richard P ^b   Jenkins Smith, Hank ^a   Slovic, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NONE

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