A three-stage model summarizes product warning and environmental sign research

Safety Science

Volumn 61, Issue , 2014, Pages 3-10

  Laughery, Kenneth R ^a   Wogalter, Michael S ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C HIP model; Risk communication; Safety; Warning process model; Warnings

Indexed keywords

COST OF COMPLIANCE; DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS; RISK COMMUNICATION; SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS; SITUATIONAL FACTORS; TARGET AUDIENCE; WARNING PROCESS MODEL; WARNINGS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HAZARDS; RESEARCH;

DESIGN;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMPREHENSION; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GEOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KNOWLEDGE; MASS COMMUNICATION; NOMENCLATURE; PACKAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT SAFETY; REMINDER SYSTEM; SAFETY; WARNING;

EID: 84887022303     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2011.02.012     Document Type: Article

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