Ten propositions for untangling descriptive and prescriptive lessons in risk perception findings

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 129-134

  McDaniels, Timothy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ECOLOGY; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISKS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

PRESCRIPTIVE LESSONS; PROPOSITIONS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031599219     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(97)00133-6     Document Type: Article

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