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    <extent>xiii, 335 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>A psychological framework for analyzing risk -- Hazard perception -- Individual and group differences in risk perception -- Decision-making about risks -- Risk and emotion -- Risk communication -- Errors, accidents and emergencies -- Risk and complex organizations -- Social amplification and social representations of risk -- Changing risk responses.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Glynis M. Breakwell.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-313) and index.</note>
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