Publication Date:
1987-04-17
Description:
Studies of risk perception examine the judgements people make when they are asked to characterize and evaluate hazardous activities and technologies. This research aims to aid risk analysis and policy-making by providing a basis for understanding and anticipating public responses to hazards and improving the communication of risk information among lay people, technical experts, and decision-makers. This work assumes that those who promote and regulate health and safety need to understand how people think about and respond to risk. Without such understanding, well-intended policies may be ineffective.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Slovic, P -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1987 Apr 17;236(4799):280-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3563507" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Accidents
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*Attitude to Health
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Decision Making
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Female
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Humans
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Industry
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*Judgment
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Models, Psychological
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*Probability
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*Risk
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
