Beyond a simple case of black and white: Searching for the white male effect in the African-American community

Risk Analysis

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-77

  Rivers, Louie ^a   Arvai, Joseph ^a,b   Slovic, Paul ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DECISION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Risk perception; White male effect

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AFRICAN AMERICANS; POLICY MAKERS;

RESEARCH; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

RISK PERCEPTION;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ETHNIC MINORITY; HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN RIGHTS; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL REPRESSION; RISK PERCEPTION;

EID: 73649143908     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2009.01313.x     Document Type: Article

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