Language matters: Wording considerations in hazard perception and warning comprehension

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 341-351

  Heaps, Christopher M ^a   Henley, Tracy B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0011853299     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223989909599747     Document Type: Article

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