Are some risk comparisons more effective under conflict?: A replication and extension of Roth et al.

Risk Analysis

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 767-780

  Johnson, Branden B ^a  

^a Bureau of Risk Analysis   (United States)

Author keywords

Industrial risk; Risk communication; Risk comparisons

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PLANTS; RISKS;

RISK COMPARISON;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

ETHYLENE OXIDE;

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANGER; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLLUTION; PREDICTION; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; COMMUNICATION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ETHYLENE OXIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0043166819     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1539-6924.00354     Document Type: Article

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