Potential for the adoption of probabilistic risk assessments by end-users and decision-makers

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 166-178

  Frewer, Lynn J ^a   Fischer, Arnout R H ^a   Van Den Brink, Paul J ^a   Byrne, Pamela ^b   Brock, Theo ^a   Brown, Colin ^c   Crocker, Joe ^d   Goerlitz, Gerhard ^e   Hart, Andy ^d   Scholderer, Joachim ^f   Solomon, Keith ^g  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b An Roinn Talmhaiochta lascaigh agus Bia   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG   (Germany)

^f AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

End user needs; Probabilistic risk assessment; Regulatory adoption; Theory of Planned Behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349088138     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030701790355     Document Type: Article

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