An empirical analysis of rock climbers' response to hazard warnings

Risk Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 581-586

  Jakus, Paul M ^a   Shaw, W Douglass ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

hazard response; Hazard warning; rock climbing

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HAZARDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK PERCEPTION; RISKS;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HAZARD WARNING SYSTEM; INJURY; ROCK CLIMBING; WARNINGS VOCABULARY;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; CLIMBING; HAZARD; INJURY; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030220974     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1996.tb01103.x     Document Type: Article

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