Risk perception, risk-taking attitude, and hypothetical behavior of active volcano tourists

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 595-604

  Nomura, Kyoko ^a   Yamaoka, Kazue ^b   Okano, Takahiro ^c   Yano, Eiji ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c Japan Ministry of the Environment   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attitude; Hypothetical behavior; Risk perception; Sulfur dioxide; Volcanoes

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242706950     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030490452214     Document Type: Review

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