Going beyond the Red Book: The sociopolitics of risk

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1181-1190

  Slovic, Paul ^a  

^a DECISION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

EPA; National Research Council; Red Book; Risk assessment; Risk management; Risk perception; Understanding risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342510437     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030390244577     Document Type: Review

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