Comment on Societal Risk
- 25 April 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 208 (4442) , 372-375
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.208.4442.372
Abstract
There is a need to measure societal risk more accurately; to examine and reevaluate our priorities in risk reduction; to determine the level of expenditure for risk reduction beyond which adverse economic and political effects may be overriding; and to develop a national approach to risk management.Keywords
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