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The Cognitive Status Of Risk: A Response To Thompson, L. James Valverde Sep 1991

The Cognitive Status Of Risk: A Response To Thompson, L. James Valverde

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Discussing the role that probability theory should play in Risk analysis and management, Dr. Valverde argues that Thompson's approach puts too much emphasis on the distinction between Risk subjectivism and Risk objectivism in addressing the question, "When are Risks real?"


Index To Volume Two, Risk Editorial Board Sep 1991

Index To Volume Two, Risk Editorial Board

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Index for Volume 2 (1991) of the peer-reviewed journal Risk: Issues in Health & Safety.


Table Of Contents, Volume Two, Number Four, Fall 1991, Risk Editorial Board Sep 1991

Table Of Contents, Volume Two, Number Four, Fall 1991, Risk Editorial Board

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Table of contents for the multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal Risk: Issues in Health & Safety (ISSN: 1073-8673).


Can An Economic Approach Solve The High-Level Nuclear Waste Problem, Herbert Inhaber Sep 1991

Can An Economic Approach Solve The High-Level Nuclear Waste Problem, Herbert Inhaber

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Building on the work of Professors O'Hare and Kunreuther, Dr. Inhaber proposes and argues for a non-coercive siting strategy that he calls a "reverse Dutch auction."


Table Of Contents, Volume Two, Number Three, Summer 1991, Risk Editorial Board Jun 1991

Table Of Contents, Volume Two, Number Three, Summer 1991, Risk Editorial Board

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Table of contents for the journal Risk: Issues in Health & Safety (ISSN: 1073-8673)


Call For Papers Editorial Advisory Board Update, Risk Editorial Board Jun 1991

Call For Papers Editorial Advisory Board Update, Risk Editorial Board

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Editorial advisory board update and call for papers.


Regulating Air Toxics In Rhode Island: Policy Vs. Technical Decisions, Julie A. Roque Mar 1991

Regulating Air Toxics In Rhode Island: Policy Vs. Technical Decisions, Julie A. Roque

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Dr. Roqu6 recounts her work as a doctoral candidate at Brown in developing standards for the regulation of airborne carcinogens. Based in part on this experience, she argues that care needs be taken lest those who regulate Risk bury key policy decisions within a mass of often irrelevant technical details.


Table Of Contents, Volume Two, Number Two, Spring 1991, Risk Editorial Board Mar 1991

Table Of Contents, Volume Two, Number Two, Spring 1991, Risk Editorial Board

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Table of contents for the journal Risk: Issues in Health & Safety (ISSN: 1073-8673)


Table Of Contents, Volume Two, Number One, Winter 1991, Risk Editorial Board Jan 1991

Table Of Contents, Volume Two, Number One, Winter 1991, Risk Editorial Board

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Table of contents for the journal Risk: Issues in Health & Safety (ISSN: 1073-8673)


Prospectus And Evaluation Copies Available, Additional Coverage In Indices, Risk Editorial Board Jan 1991

Prospectus And Evaluation Copies Available, Additional Coverage In Indices, Risk Editorial Board

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Editorial announcements and news for the inactive journal Risk: Health, Safety & Environment (ISSN: 1073-8673).


Predictive Probabilities In Employee Drug-Testing, John M. Gleason, Darold T. Barnum Jan 1991

Predictive Probabilities In Employee Drug-Testing, John M. Gleason, Darold T. Barnum

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Substance abuse in the U.S. has been estimated to cost $99 billion annually through lower productivity. Yet the authors urge caution in attempting to reduce these costs and health and safety Risks. In doing so, they cite commonly high frequencies of false negatives and false positives in employee drug tests - the latter having the potential to do great injustice to many drug-free employees.