Cognitive and affective risk judgements related to climate change

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 97-106

  Sundblad, Eva Lotta ^a   Biel, Anders ^a   Gärling, Tommy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate change; Demographic factors; Knowledge; Risk; Worry

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249677246     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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