Putting risk-risk tradeoffs in perspective: A response to Graham and Wiener

Journal of Risk Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 475-483

  Hansen, Steffen Foss ^a   Tickner, Joel A ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

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EID: 47249163247     PISSN: 13669877     EISSN: 14664461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13669870802124413     Document Type: Note

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