Perspective: Quantitative risk assessment breeds fear

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (HERA)

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 445-453

  Purchase, Iain F H ^a   Slovic, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DECISION RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 22644450770     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.1999.10518869     Document Type: Review

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