The proximity heuristic in judgments of accident probabilities
โ Scribed by Karl Halvor Teigen
- Book ID
- 118729646
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 156 KB
- Volume
- 96
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1269
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