Societal trust in risk analysis: Implications for the interface of risk assessment and risk management

Trust in Cooperative Risk Management: Uncertainty and Scepticism in the Public Mind

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 143-158

  Frewer, Lynn ^a   Salter, Brian ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84925744554     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849773461     Document Type: Chapter

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