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Articles 1 - 21 of 21
Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences
Variation In Environmental Risk Perceptions And Information Sources Among Three Communities In El Paso, Theresa L. Byrd, James Vanderslice, Susan K. Peterson
Variation In Environmental Risk Perceptions And Information Sources Among Three Communities In El Paso, Theresa L. Byrd, James Vanderslice, Susan K. Peterson
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
The authors report the results of a pilot study of environmental risk and sources of environmental information in three socio-economically and culturally distinct communities in Texas.
Is Accurate Understanding Of Global Warming Necessary To Promote Willingness To Sacrifice?, Richard J. Bord, Ann Fisher, Robert E. O'Connor
Is Accurate Understanding Of Global Warming Necessary To Promote Willingness To Sacrifice?, Richard J. Bord, Ann Fisher, Robert E. O'Connor
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Although not definitive, the authors' study suggests potential benefits from having a general public better informed about global climate change. They find, e.g., that accurate information appears to increase willingness to accept personal sacrifice.
A Framework For Assessing The Rationality Of Judgments In Carcinogenicity Hazard Identification, Douglas J. Crawford-Brown, Kenneth G. Brown
A Framework For Assessing The Rationality Of Judgments In Carcinogenicity Hazard Identification, Douglas J. Crawford-Brown, Kenneth G. Brown
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Arguing that guidelines for identifying carcinogens now lack a philosophically rigorous framework, the authors present an alternative that draws clear attention to the process of reasoning towards judgments of carcinogenicity.
Table Of Contents Volume Eight, Number Three, Summer 1997, Risk Editorial Board
Table Of Contents Volume Eight, Number Three, Summer 1997, Risk Editorial Board
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Table of contents for the journal RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (ISSN: 1073-8673)
Scientific Facts Vs. Political Values, Thomas G. Field Jr.
Scientific Facts Vs. Political Values, Thomas G. Field Jr.
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Professor Field takes exception to a recent Science editorial.
A Comparison Of U.S. And E.U. Product Safety Regulations: A Case Study, Bryan Harris
A Comparison Of U.S. And E.U. Product Safety Regulations: A Case Study, Bryan Harris
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Mr. Harris compares government approaches with respect to foods that are combined with, e.g., trinkets - particularly when likely to be consumed by children.
Book Review Of David Lester, Making Sense Of Suicide: An In-Depth Look At Why People Kill Themselves (The Charles Press 1997), Paula J. Reinhard
Book Review Of David Lester, Making Sense Of Suicide: An In-Depth Look At Why People Kill Themselves (The Charles Press 1997), Paula J. Reinhard
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Review of the book David Lester, Making Sense of Suicide: An In-depth Look at Why People Kill Themselves (The Charles Press 1997). Preface, bibliographical references, index. ISBN 0-914783-82-3. [208 pp. Paper $22.95. P.O. Box 15715, Philadelphia, PA 19103.]
Book Review Of Joshua M. Epstein & Robert Axtell, Growing Artificial Societies: Social Science From The Bottom Up (Mit Press 1996), Sean D. Detweiler
Book Review Of Joshua M. Epstein & Robert Axtell, Growing Artificial Societies: Social Science From The Bottom Up (Mit Press 1996), Sean D. Detweiler
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Review of the book Joshua M. Epstein & Robert Axtell, Growing Artificial Societies: Social Science from the Bottom Up (MIT Press 1996). Acknowledgements, appendices, index, introduction references. LC 96-25332; ISBN 0-262-05053-6. [208 pp. Cloth $39.95. 55 Hayward St., Cambridge MA 02142.]
Physical And Managed Risk Of Nuclear Waste, Lennart Sjöberg, Britt-Marie Drottz-Sjöberg
Physical And Managed Risk Of Nuclear Waste, Lennart Sjöberg, Britt-Marie Drottz-Sjöberg
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
The authors describe their work on the perceived risk of nuclear waste in Sweden. Three levels of waste were studied, and comparisons between the perceptions of the public, politicians and nuclear experts are made.
Table Of Contents Volume Eight, Number Two, Spring 1997, Risk Editorial Board
Table Of Contents Volume Eight, Number Two, Spring 1997, Risk Editorial Board
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Table of contents for the journal RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (ISSN: 1073-8673)
Risk Is More Than Just A Number, Wim F. Passchier, Wim C. Reij
Risk Is More Than Just A Number, Wim F. Passchier, Wim C. Reij
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Summarizes efforts by the Health Council of the Netherlands to develop a national risk management approach.
The Normative Nature Of Risk Assessment: Features And Possibilities, Carl F. Cranor
The Normative Nature Of Risk Assessment: Features And Possibilities, Carl F. Cranor
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Dr. Cranor argues that appreciating risk assessment to be permeated with normative presuppositions, in contrast with being primarily objective, opens up unforeseen possibilities for risk management.
Risk Assessment And Sustainable Development: Towards A Concept Of Sustainable Risk, Michael D. Mehta
Risk Assessment And Sustainable Development: Towards A Concept Of Sustainable Risk, Michael D. Mehta
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Dr. Mehta examines two dominant approaches for managing health and environmental risks and suggests that they would better serve if integrated.
Environmental Decision Making And Risk Management For Groundwater Systems, Janet D. Gough
Environmental Decision Making And Risk Management For Groundwater Systems, Janet D. Gough
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
With an eye to a specific application in New Zealand, Ms. Gough explores the use of risk management approaches for environmental decision making at strategic, policy, management and operational levels.
Vaccine Risk Communication: Lessons From Risk Perception, Decision Making And Environmental Risk Communication Research, Ann Bostrom
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Dr. Bostrom reviews the rich variety of empirical findings available to guide risk communication and demonstrates how it can contribute to vaccine risk and safety communication.
How Some Risk Frameworks Disenfranchise The Public, Kristin Shrader-Frechette
How Some Risk Frameworks Disenfranchise The Public, Kristin Shrader-Frechette
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
The author responds to recent characterizations of her work.
Aids News As Risk Communication, Admassu Tassew
Aids News As Risk Communication, Admassu Tassew
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Reports on a study of AIDS prevention stories in four prestige dailies, two in Europe and two in Africa, over an eight-year period.
Book Review Of Families, Physicians And Children With Special Health Needs (Rosalyn Benjamin Darling & Margo I. Peter, Eds.), Annalee Abelson
Book Review Of Families, Physicians And Children With Special Health Needs (Rosalyn Benjamin Darling & Margo I. Peter, Eds.), Annalee Abelson
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Review of Families, Physicians, and Children with Special Health Needs (Rosalyn Benjamin Darling & Margo I. Peter, eds., Auburn House 1994) About the authors and contributors, foreword, index, preface, resource list. ISBN 0-86569- 226-2. [206 pp. Cloth $49.95. 88 Post Road West, Westport CT 06881.]
Table Of Contents Volume Eight, Number One, Winter 1997, Risk Editorial Board
Table Of Contents Volume Eight, Number One, Winter 1997, Risk Editorial Board
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Table of contents for the journal RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (ISSN: 1073-8673)
Evaluation Of Siting Strategies: The Case Of Two Uk Waste Tire Incinerators, Ragnar E. Lofstedt
Evaluation Of Siting Strategies: The Case Of Two Uk Waste Tire Incinerators, Ragnar E. Lofstedt
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Examines the circumstances that may have contributed to differing outcomes with respect to siting similar facilities in the UK.
Book Review Of Kenneth F. Mccallion, Shoreham And The Rise And Fall Of The Nuclear Power Industry, Jennifer M. Graves
Book Review Of Kenneth F. Mccallion, Shoreham And The Rise And Fall Of The Nuclear Power Industry, Jennifer M. Graves
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Review of Kenneth F. McCallion, Shoreham and the Rise and Fall of the Nuclear Power Industry (Praeger 1995). About the author, acknowledgements, foreword by Irving Like, index, preface, prologue, selected bibliography. LC 94- 32930; ISBN 0-275-94299-6 [221 pp. Cloth $55.00. 88 Post Road West, Westport CT 06881.]