The perception of risk and risk taking behavior: Implications for incident prevention strategies

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 10-15

  Powell, Colin ^a  

^a CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accident prevention; Outdoor adventure; Perception of risk; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MOTIVATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34047205630     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(2007)18[10:TPORAR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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