Straightening Out the Grounds for Precaution: A Commentary and Some Suggestions About Terje Aven's "On Different Types of Uncertainties"

Risk Analysis

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1534-1537

  Vlek, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

RISK MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 80054123539     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2011.01708.x     Document Type: Note

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