Investigating the perceived hazard of warning signal words

Risk, Decision and Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-48

  Hellier, Elizabeth ^a,b   Wright, Daniel B ^a   Edworthy, Judy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78650733592     PISSN: 13575309     EISSN: 14664534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357530900000107     Document Type: Article

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