RF EMF Risk Perception Revisited: Is the Focus on Concern Sufficient for Risk Perception Studies?
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RF EMF Risk Perception Revisited: Is the Focus on Concern Sufficient for Risk Perception Studies?
An implicit assumption of risk perception studies is that concerns expressed in questionnaires reflect concerns in everyday life. The aim of the present study is to check this assumption, i.e., the extrapolability of risk perceptions expressed in a survey, to risk perceptions in everyday life. To that end, risk perceptions were measured by a multidimensional approach. In addition to the traditi...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1660-4601
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph14060620