Risk perception: Another look at the 'white male' effect

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-83

  Palmer, Christina G S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial risks; Health risks; Risk; Risk perception; White male effect; Worldviews

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; NEGRO; PERCEPTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037341548     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369857031000066014     Document Type: Article

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