The sociology of risk and uncertainty: A response to judith green's 'is it time for the sociology of health to abandon "risk"?'

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 509-526

  Zinn, Jens O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Risk; Sociology; Theory; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIETY; SOCIOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORY;

EID: 77949409913     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698570903329490     Document Type: Article

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