A review of risk homeostasis theory in simulated environments

Safety Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 15-25

  Glendon, A I ^a   Hoyes, T W ^a   Haigney, D E ^a   Taylor, R G ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH RISKS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE; SIMULATORS;

ASTON DRIVING SIMULATOR; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK HOMEOSTASIS THEORY; SIMULATED ENVIRONMENTS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENT; CAR DRIVING; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; TRAFFIC;

EID: 0030086898     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-7535(96)00002-1     Document Type: Article

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