The high stakes of risk communication

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 26-29

  Rowan, Ford ^a  

^a Rowan and Blewitt Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CARBON MONOXIDE; GASOLINE; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER;

CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MASS MEDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0029864451     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1996.0010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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