Critical trust: Understanding lay perceptions of health and safety risk regulation

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 133-150

  Walls, John ^a   Pidgeon, Nick ^a   Weyman, Andrew ^b   Horlick Jones, Tom ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical trust; Health and safety regulation; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAILWAY EMPLOYEE; RISK MANAGEMENT; TRUST; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 2942756105     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369857042000219788     Document Type: Article

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