The Analysis of Actual Versus Perceived Risks
In 1980, a group of scientists from national laboratories, universities, and other research organizations gathered informally in a series of meetings to consider the state of research on risks to health, safety, and the environment. Each scientist had conducted research on the subject. All felt that...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
1983, 1983
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1983 |
| Series: | Advances in Risk Analysis
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I. Automobile Accidents: The Problem of Passenger Restraints
- Effectiveness of Automobile Passenger Restraints
- Public Perception and Behavior in Relation to Vehicle Passenger Restraints
- Motor Vehicle Occupant Restraint Policy
- Summary of Panel Discussion and Commentary
- II. Nuclear Power Plant — European Perspective
- The Assessment of Nuclear Risk. Some Experiences from the Swedish Energy Commission
- Nuclear Power Plant: West German Management of Risk \3- A Problem Analysis
- Coping with the Risks of Nuclear Power Plants in the United Kingdom
- Risk Assessment Following Crisis in the United States: The Kemeny Commission
- III. Cancer Chemotheraphy
- Role of Risk in Treating Advanced Lung Cancer
- IV. Smoking Cigarettes
- Cigarette Smoke: Cancer Risk at Low Doses
- Perceiving the Risk of Low-Yield Ventilated-Filter Cigarettes: The Problem of Hole-Blocking
- Reactions to Perceived Risk: Changes in the Behavior of Cigarette Smokers
- Perceived vs. Actual Risks: The Problem of Multiple Confounding
- V. Nuclear Power Plant — U.S. Perspective
- The Public Perception of Risk
- Impact of the Three Mile Island Accident as Perceived by Those Living in the Surrounding Community
- \ldThe Public\rd vs. \ldThe Experts\rd: Perceived vs. Actual Disagreements about Risks
- Coping with Nuclear Power Risks: A National Strategy
- VI. Health Impact of Toxic Wastes
- Health Impact of Toxic Wastes: Estimation of Risk
- Perception of Risk: A Journalist’s Perspective
- VII. Depletion of Stratospheric Ozone
- Depletion of Stratospheric Ozone as a Result of Human Activities
- Relationship of Stratospheric Ozone Depletion to Risk of Human Skin Cancer
- Depletion of Stratospheric Ozone: Impact of UV-B Radiation Upon Nonhuman Organisms
- Chairman’s Summary
- VIII. Panel Discussion