Accidents and Accountability: Perceptions of Unintentional Injury in Three National Parks

Leisure Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 88-106

  Rickard, Laura N ^a   Newman, Sara B ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

attribution theory; national parks; public health; risk communication; risk management

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCOUNTABILITY; COMMUNICATION; INJURY; NATIONAL PARK; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84892541554     PISSN: 01490400     EISSN: 15210588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490400.2014.860795     Document Type: Article

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