State of the art: Risk, science and policy - Researching the social management of uncertainty

Policy Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-18

  Webster, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 2142753939     PISSN: 01442872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144287042000208206     Document Type: Review

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