Probabilistic thinking and health risks: An editorial

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-11

  Heyman, Bob ^a   Alaszewski, Andy ^b   Brown, Patrick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

health risks; probabilistic thinking; risk; risk analysis; the 'lens of risk'

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; GENETIC RISK; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NEOPLASM; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RISK FACTOR; THINKING;

EID: 84876344558     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698575.2013.756262     Document Type: Article

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