Committee on Risk Perception and Communication, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council. Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Washington, D.C. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
National Academy Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1989.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xvii, 332 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-319) and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Hazards of modern life surround us and so, too, does communication about the risks of those hazards. News reports describe such hazards as pollutants in the air and in drinking water, pesticide residues in food, threats from radiation and toxic chemicals, and AIDS. Government and industry also send out messages about hazards and their risks, sometimes directly to the populace but more often through intermediaries, such as the print and broadcast media. Risk messages are difficult to formulate in ways that are accurate, clear, and not misleading. This report addresses these and other problems confronting risk communication.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Improving risk communication.
International Standard Book Number
0309039460
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Risk communication.
Communication.
Disclosure.
Environmental Health.
Hazardous Substances.
Public Health.
Risk Assessment.
Risks.
Communicatie.
HEALTH & FITNESS-- Safety.
Risico's.
Risk communication.
Waarneming.
(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
X700
HEA-- 021000
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
363
.
1
Edition
20
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
T10
.
68
Book number
.
I47
1989eb
OTHER CLASS NUMBERS
Class number
05
.
39
Class number
WA
590
Book Number
N277i
1989
System Code
bcl
CORPORATE BODY NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
National Research Council (U.S.)., Committee on Risk Perception and Communication.