Risk perception in Northeast Asia

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 157, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 151-167

  Zhai, Guofang ^a,b   Suzuki, Takeshi ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LAND AND INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

Multi country survey; Northeast Asia; Principal component analysis; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASES; GLOBAL WARMING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVEYS;

DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; HIGH TECHNOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; NORTHEAST ASIA; POTENTIAL THREATS; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TWO-STEP CLUSTER ANALYSIS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

ACCIDENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; HEALTH BELIEF; NATURAL DISASTER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CHINA; CHINESE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPLOSION RISK; FEMALE; FIRE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; HURRICANE; INFECTION RISK; INTERNET; JAPAN; JAPANESE; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH KOREA; THREAT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 70349239214     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0524-y     Document Type: Article

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