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Risk, especially risk of traffic accident

โœ Scribed by Frank A. Haight

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1986
Tongue
English
Weight
854 KB
Volume
18
Category
Article
ISSN
0001-4575

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โœฆ Synopsis

This paper discusses various definitions of risk, risk compensation, subjective risk, and compares risk with exposure and accident proneness.

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