The role of risk perception for risk management

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-62

  Renn, Ortwin ^a,b  

^a Ctr Technol Assess Baden W   (Germany)

^b Center of Technology Assessment   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAZARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISKS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COHESION; CONSISTENCY;

RISK PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031599285     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(97)00119-1     Document Type: Article

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