How to measure risk comprehension in educated samples

Transparent Communication of Health Risks: Overcoming Cultural Differences

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 29-52

  Cokely, Edward T ^a,b   Ghazal, Saima ^a   Galesic, Mirta ^b   Garcia Retamero, Rocio ^b,c   Schulz, Eric ^b,d  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1007/9781461443582     Document Type: Chapter

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