What do we know about making risk comparisions?.
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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1990Description: 13p., 5 tabs, 1 fig, 17 refsSubject: The risks of unfamiliar technologies are often evaluated by comparing them with the risks of more familiar ones. Such risk comparisons have been criticixzed for neglecting critical dimensions of risky decisionsThese critiques have been written in a guide for the Chemical Manufacturers Association and a taxonomy that characterizes possible risk comparisons in terms of their acceptability have been summarized. A presentation of a comparison of the judgements of acceptability with this Guide and another selected group is offered.
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Australian Emergency Management Library | BOOK | 363.10287 ROT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 005263661 |
Reprinted from Risk Analysis, Vol. 10., No. 3., 1990, pp.375-387
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The risks of unfamiliar technologies are often evaluated by comparing them with the risks of more familiar ones. Such risk comparisons have been criticixzed for neglecting critical dimensions of risky decisionsThese critiques have been written in a guide for the Chemical Manufacturers Association and a taxonomy that characterizes possible risk comparisons in terms of their acceptability have been summarized. A presentation of a comparison of the judgements of acceptability with this Guide and another selected group is offered.
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