Risk perception in context: The Savannah River site stakeholder study

Risk Analysis

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1019-1035

  Williams, Bryan L ^a   Brown, Sylvia ^a   Greenberg, Michael ^b   Kahn, Mokbul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Rutgers the State University   (United States)

Author keywords

CRESP; DOE Savannah River Site; Economic Dependence; Risk Assessment; Risk perception; Stakeholder; Trust

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; RISK PERCEPTION; RIVERS;

NUCLEAR WEAPON SITES;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

HEALTH RISK; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; MANAGEMENT; POLICY; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER;

SAVANNAH RIVER; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMANS; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH CAROLINA; TRANSPORTATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033404805     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007095808381     Document Type: Article

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