In Science We Trust? On the Relation between Scientific Knowledge, Risk Consciousness and Public Trust

Acta Sociologica

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-56

  Lidskog, Rolf ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0347303779     PISSN: 00016993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000169939603900103     Document Type: Article

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