Twice invisible: Formal representations of radiation danger

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 78-96

  Kuchinskaya, Olga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

alignment; environmental risks; formal representations; invisibility; regulation; standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872570140     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312712465356     Document Type: Article

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