Trust and criteria for proof of risk: The case of mobile phone technology in the netherlands

The Ethics of Technological Risk

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 220-234

  Asveld, Lotte ^a  

^a Rathenau Institute KNAW   (Netherlands)

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EID: 79953799520     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849772990     Document Type: Chapter

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