Risk perception and energy production

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (HERA)

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 153-175

  Mullet, Etienne ^a,d   Bouazza, Makhlouf Ben ^b   Dupont, Véronique ^b   Bertrand, Anne ^c  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^d NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Energy; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 21944445600     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039891284253     Document Type: Article

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