Risk, uncertainty and regulation

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1956, 2011, Pages 4842-4852

  Krebs, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Risk; Safety; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; RISK PERCEPTION; RISKS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; COSTS AND BENEFITS; OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTIONS OF RISKS; SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE; UNCERTAINTY;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 82455192843     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0174     Document Type: Review

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