Risk perception and risk management: On knowledge, resource allocation and equity

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-25

  Okrent, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DECISION MAKING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISKS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EQUITY; RISK ANALYSIS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031599077     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(97)00115-4     Document Type: Article

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