Evaluating chemical risks: Results of a survey of the British Toxicology Society

Human & Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 289-304

  Slovic, Paul ^a   Malmfors, Torbjörn ^a   Mertz, C K ^a   Neil, Nancy ^a   Purchase, Iain Fh ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

British Toxicology Society; risk assessment; risk attitudes; risk perception

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CIGARETTE SMOKE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ASBESTOS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TOXICOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030767927     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096032719701600601     Document Type: Article

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