Communicating to the public: Using risk comparisons

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (HERA)

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1197-1214

  Santos, Susan L ^a   McCallum, David B ^a  

^a FOCUS GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Approach; Risk communication; Risk comparison

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444617701     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039709383747     Document Type: Article

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