Psychological dimensions of risk assessment: Risk perception and risk communication

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 32, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 243-253

  Tanaka, Yasumasa ^a  

^a GAKUSHUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; TECHNOLOGY;

PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK COMMUNICATION;

NUCLEAR ENERGY;

EID: 0032310598     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0149-1970(97)00024-3     Document Type: Article

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