Risk target: An interactive context factor in risk perception

Risk Analysis

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 821-828

  Hermand, Danièle ^a   Karsenty, Serge ^a   Py, Yves ^a   Guillet, Laurent ^a   Chauvin, Bruno ^a   Simeone, Arnaud ^a   Muñoz Sastre, María Teresa ^a   Mullet́, Etienne ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Addictions; Pollutants; Risk perception; Sex; Target

Indexed keywords

HAZARDS; HEALTH CARE; RISK MANAGEMENT;

RISK EVALUATION;

RISK PERCEPTION;

AMPHETAMINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE;

HEALTH RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

ADDICTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ATOMIC BOMB; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY YIELD; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLLUTANT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX; SMOKING; TERRORISM; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRANCE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK;

EID: 0042164858     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1539-6924.00359     Document Type: Review

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