Nuclear waste and public worries: Public perceptions of the United States' major nuclear weapons legacy sites

Human Ecology Review

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-12

  Greenberg, Michael ^a   Lowrie, Karen ^a,f   Burger, Joanna ^b,d   Powers, Charles ^c,g,h   Gochfeld, Michael ^c,e   Wayer, Henry ^a,f  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f Rutgers University   (United States)

^g VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Department of energy; Nuclear waste; Risk perception; Worry

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147120663     PISSN: 10744827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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