Risk area residents' perceptions and adoption of seismic hazard adjustments

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2377-2392

  Lindell, Michael K ^a   Prater, Carla S ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036880852     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2002.tb01868.x     Document Type: Article

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