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Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal Volume 14, 2008 - Issue 1
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Potential for the Adoption of Probabilistic Risk Assessments by End-Users and Decision-Makers

Lynn J. Frewer Marketing and Consumer Behaviour Group, University of Wageningen, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Arnout R.H. Fischer Marketing and Consumer Behaviour Group, University of Wageningen, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Paul J. van den Brink ALTERRA, The Netherlands
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Pamela Byrne Department of Agriculture and Food, Agriculture House, Dublin, Ireland
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Theo Brock Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Colin Brown Environment Department, University of York, York, UK
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Joe Crocker Wildlife Ecotoxicology Unit, Central Science Laboratory, York, UK
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Gerhard Goerlitz Bayer Crop Science, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Andy Hart Wildlife Ecotoxicology Unit, Central Science Laboratory, York, UK
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Joachim Scholderer Department of Marketing and Statistics, Aarhus School of Business, Haslegaardsvej, Denmark
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Keith Solomon Department of Environmental Biology, Ontario Agricultural College, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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Pages 166-178 | Received 21 Dec 2006, Accepted 07 Jul 2007, Published online: 17 Jan 2008

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