Heading into the unknown: Everyday strategies for managing risk and uncertainty

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 439-450

  Zinn, Jens O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotion; Intuition; Risk; Trust; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; INTUITION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRUST; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 55149096820     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698570802380891     Document Type: Article

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