Role of beliefs in accident and risk analysis and prevention

Safety Science

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 767-776

  Kouabenan, Dongo Rémi ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Accident analysis; Beliefs; Causal attribution; Culture; Risk perception; Safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; CELL CULTURE; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ACCIDENT ANALYSIS; BELIEFS; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTIONS; CAUSES OF ACCIDENTS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; PERCEPTIONS OF RISKS; PREVENTIVE MEASURES; SAFETY ASSESSMENTS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 63749093595     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2008.01.010     Document Type: Article

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