The Relative Contributions of Injury Severity and Likelihood Information on Hazard-Risk Judgments and Warning Compliance

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 151-162

  Wogalter, Michael S ^a   Young, Stephen L ^a   Brelsford, John W ^a   Barlow, Todd ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident; Consequences; Danger; Hazard; Injury; Likelihood; Prevention; Probability; Risk; Safety; Severity; Warnings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346906096     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4375(99)00010-9     Document Type: Article

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