Perception of risk from asteroid impact

Comet/Asteroid Impacts and Human Society: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 369-382

  Slovic, Paul ^a  

^a DECISION RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84895205582     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-32711-0_22     Document Type: Chapter

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