Safety is the antonym of risk for some perspectives of risk

Safety Science

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 925-930

  Aven, Terje ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acceptable risk; Risk; Safety; Uncertainties

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTABLE RISK; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS; EXPECTED VALUES; SAFETY; THREE DIMENSIONS; UNCERTAINTIES;

SEMANTICS;

RISKS;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY;

EID: 67349167389     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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