The influence of public perception on risk acceptance of the chemical industry and the assistance for risk communication

Safety Science

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 232-240

  Huang, Lei ^a   Ban, Jie ^a   Sun, Kai ^a   Han, Yuting ^a   Yuan, Zengwei ^a   Bi, Jun ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical industry; Public perception; Risk acceptance; Risk communication; Safety management

Indexed keywords

CHANGZHOU; DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS; DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS; EFFECT FACTORS; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; JIANGSU PROVINCE; MANAGEMENT ABILITY; NANJING; PERCEIVED BENEFITS; POLICY MAKERS; PSYCHOMETRIC PARADIGM; PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE; PUBLIC PERCEPTION; REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ACCEPTABILITY; RISK ACCEPTANCE; RISK COMMUNICATION; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TARGET GROUP;

COMMUNICATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SURVEYS;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRUST;

EID: 84865434320     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2012.05.018     Document Type: Article

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