Communication for better decisions: Not about 'risk'

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-53

  Dowie, Jack ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision analysis; Risk communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041684589     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698579908407006     Document Type: Article

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