Communicating worst-case scenarios: Neighbors' views of industrial accident management

Risk Analysis

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 829-840

  Johnson, Branden B ^a   Chess, Caron ^b  

^a Bureau of Risk Analysis   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Industrial accidents; Risk communication; Risk management plans; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; RISKS;

INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

ACCIDENT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL REGULATION; MANUFACTURING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; INDUSTRY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MORALITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PUBLIC OPINION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; COMMUNICATION; DATA COLLECTION; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; NEW JERSEY; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042164856     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1539-6924.00360     Document Type: Review

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