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CISDOC database
| Document ID (ISN) | 64233 |
| CIS number |
95-544 |
| ISBN(s) |
0-471-91208-5 (hard); 0-471-95224-9 (pa) |
| Year |
1987 |
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| Author(s) |
Singleton W.T., Hovden J. |
| Title |
Risk and decisions |
| Bibliographic information |
John Wiley and Sons Ltd., Baffins Lane, Chichester PO19 1UD, West Sussex, United Kingdom, 1987 (reprinted 1994). xv, 232p. Bibl.ref. Index. Price: GBP 15.95, USD 25.95. |
| Abstract |
This volume contains papers and discussions presented at a symposium on the concept of risk and methods for decision-making in risk technology and safety management. Topics covered: concepts and measures of risk (probability, the psychology of risk, risk from a safety executive viewpoint, cultural aspects); risk and behaviour; (subjective risk, risk cognition, risk and information processing, organization and safety on an oil platform, major hazards and behaviour); risk and public policy (national policy-making, risk-handling by institutions, risk in industry, risk in defence, cancer risks from food and drugs). |
| Descriptors (primary) |
human factors; plant safety organization; hazard evaluation; risk awareness |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
probability analysis; carcinogens; Norway; human behaviour; conference; human failure; cultural variables; offshore oil extraction; major hazards |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Country / State or Province | United Kingdom; Norway |
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| Broad subject area(s) |
General safety, health and conditions of work
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| Browse category(ies) |
Psychological factors
Risk evaluation
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