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Perceived Risk, Real Risk: Social Science and the Art of Probabilistic Risk Assessment

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Published1988
Citations328
References36

Total Citations Per Year

Abstract

References (36)

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1983 • 29 citations

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1976 • 11 citations

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1983 • 8 citations

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1988 • 6 citations

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