Editorial: Asking questions about risk and worry: Dilemmas of the pollsters

Journal of Risk Research

Volumn 7, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 671-674

  Sjöberg, Lennart ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

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EID: 85013033381     PISSN: 13669877     EISSN: 14664461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1366987042000276360     Document Type: Article

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