Gender, Race, and Perception of Environmental Health Risks

Risk Analysis

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 1101-1108

  Flynn, James ^a   Slovic, Paul ^a   Mertz, C K ^a  

^a DECISION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

environmental equity; Gender; race; risk perception

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GENDER DIFFERENCE; HEALTH RISK; PERCEPTION; RACIAL DIFFERENCE; RISK PERCEPTION;

USA;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY; GENDER; RACE; SOCIOPOLITICAL FACTORS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PERCEPTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0028665936     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1994.tb00082.x     Document Type: Article

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