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A Sociological Checklist for Assessing Environmental Health Risks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Daniel Benamouzig ,
Olivier Borraz ,
Jean-Noël Jouzel  and
Danielle Salomon
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Abstract

The contribution of social sciences to risk assessment has often been confined to dimensions of risk perception and communication. This article relates an effort to promote knowledge from the social sciences that addresses other dimensions of risk issues. A sociological checklist produced for ANSES in France helps to identify and analyse social dimensions that should be given attention during the process of risk assessment.

Type
Symposium on the use of Social Sciences in Risk Assessment and Risk Management Organisations in Europe and North America
Information
European Journal of Risk Regulation , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , March 2014 , pp. 36 - 45
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014

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