Perspectives on Risk Perceptions
dc.contributor.author | Cole, Gerald A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Withey, Stephen B. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-06-01T19:09:20Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-06-01T19:09:20Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1981-06 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Cole, Gerald A.; Withey, Stephen B. (1981). "Perspectives on Risk Perceptions." Risk Analysis 1(2): 143-163. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/72341> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0272-4332 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1539-6924 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/72341 | |
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dc.publisher | Blackwell Publishing Ltd | en_US |
dc.rights | 1981 Society for Risk Analysis | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Risk Perceptions | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Benefit Perceptions | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Acceptable Risk | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Decision Processes | en_US |
dc.title | Perspectives on Risk Perceptions | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Economics | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Business | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Institute for Public Policy Studies, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 | en_US |
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dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1981.tb01409.x | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Risk Analysis | en_US |
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