Mental health, stress and risk perception: Insights from psychological research

CIBA Foundation Symposia

Volumn , Issue 203, 1997, Pages 205-231

  Renn, Ortwin ^a  

^a Center of Technology Assessment in Baden Wurttemberg   (Germany)

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