Risk perception and worries after the Chernobyl accident.
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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1990Description: 15p., 6 tables, 1 fig, 41 refsSubject: A study of reactions in selected groups of the Swedish population to the Chernobyl accident. Data were collected in September 1986, from three regions in the country which had been exposed in various degrees to radioactive fallout. A mail questionnaire to a selected group of people was used. It was found that attitudes to nuclear power were predominately negative, that the risk associated with radiation and nuclear power were rated among the worst risks, and that residents of the most exposed region (Gavle) reported being worried about injury from radiation twice as often as others.
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Reprinted from Journal of Environmental Psychology; 1990; Vol 10; pp135-149
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A study of reactions in selected groups of the Swedish population to the Chernobyl accident. Data were collected in September 1986, from three regions in the country which had been exposed in various degrees to radioactive fallout. A mail questionnaire to a selected group of people was used. It was found that attitudes to nuclear power were predominately negative, that the risk associated with radiation and nuclear power were rated among the worst risks, and that residents of the most exposed region (Gavle) reported being worried about injury from radiation twice as often as others.
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