Towards a better understanding of risk-taking: key concepts, dimensions and perspectives

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 99-114

  Zinn, Jens O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

risk behaviour; risk taking; voluntary risk taking

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EDITORIAL; HABIT; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; POLICY; SMOKING; STIGMA; WORK;

EID: 84929507923     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698575.2015.1023267     Document Type: Editorial

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