Redefining risks and redistributing responsibilities: Building networks to increase automobile safety

Science Technology and Human Values

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 377-405

  Wetmore, Jameson M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air bags; Automobile safety; Responsibility; Risk; Technological networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042590107     PISSN: 01622439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0162243904264486     Document Type: Conference Paper

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