Buch, Englisch, Band 1, 387 Seiten, Book, Gewicht: 872 g
Reihe: Advances in Risk Analysis
Buch, Englisch, Band 1, 387 Seiten, Book, Gewicht: 872 g
Reihe: Advances in Risk Analysis
ISBN: 978-0-306-41397-1
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Weitere Infos & Material
I. Automobile Accidents: The Problem of Passenger Restraints.- Effectiveness of Automobile Passenger Restraints.- Public Perception and Behavior in Relation to Vehicle Passenger Restraints.- Motor Vehicle Occupant Restraint Policy.- Summary of Panel Discussion and Commentary.- II. Nuclear Power Plant — European Perspective.- The Assessment of Nuclear Risk. Some Experiences from the Swedish Energy Commission.- Nuclear Power Plant: West German Management of Risk \3- A Problem Analysis.- Coping with the Risks of Nuclear Power Plants in the United Kingdom.- Risk Assessment Following Crisis in the United States: The Kemeny Commission.- III. Cancer Chemotheraphy.- Role of Risk in Treating Advanced Lung Cancer.- IV. Smoking Cigarettes.- Cigarette Smoke: Cancer Risk at Low Doses.- Perceiving the Risk of Low-Yield Ventilated-Filter Cigarettes: The Problem of Hole-Blocking.- Reactions to Perceived Risk: Changes in the Behavior of Cigarette Smokers.- Perceived vs. Actual Risks: The Problem of Multiple Confounding.- V. Nuclear Power Plant — U.S. Perspective.- The Public Perception of Risk.- Impact of the Three Mile Island Accident as Perceived by Those Living in the Surrounding Community.- \ldThe Public\rd vs. \ldThe Experts\rd: Perceived vs. Actual Disagreements about Risks.- Coping with Nuclear Power Risks: A National Strategy.- VI. Health Impact of Toxic Wastes.- Health Impact of Toxic Wastes: Estimation of Risk.- Perception of Risk: A Journalist’s Perspective.- VII. Depletion of Stratospheric Ozone.- Depletion of Stratospheric Ozone as a Result of Human Activities.- Relationship of Stratospheric Ozone Depletion to Risk of Human Skin Cancer.- Depletion of Stratospheric Ozone: Impact of UV-B Radiation Upon Nonhuman Organisms.- Chairman’s Summary.- VIII. Panel Discussion.