Review:
Interdisciplinary Framework of Risk Communication as an Integral Part of Environmental Risk Analysis in Postindustrial Risk Society: Three Case Studies of the 1999 Amendment of Air Pollution Control Law, Dioxins, and the EMF Risks
Saburo Ikeda
Professor Emeritus, University of Tsukuba, 3-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0006, Japan
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