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Perception of Risk Author(s): Paul Slovic Source: Science, New Series, Vol. 236, No. 4799 (Apr. 17, 1987), pp. 280-285 Published by: American Association for the Advancement of Science Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1698637 Accessed: 29-01-2017 23:16 UTC
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- Issue Table of Contents
- Science, New Series, Vol. 236, No. 4799 (Apr. 17, 1987), pp. 233-364
- Front Matter [pp. 233-338]
- Immortality and Risk Assessment [p. 241]
- Letters
- Bipedal Vertebrates [p. 243]
- Values and Science Curricula [p. 243]
- Erratum: Supernova Neutrinos at IMB. [p. 243]
- Perspective
- The Future of Science in Space [pp. 244-245]
- News & Comment
- Supercollider Faces Budget Barrier [pp. 246-248]
- Superphénix Springs a Leak [p. 248]
- Big Versus Little Science in the Federal Budget [p. 249]
- Tobacco Science Wars [pp. 250-251]
- Industry Toxicologists Keen on Reducing Animal Use [p. 252]
- Briefing
- High Court Spurns Animal Rights Plea [p. 252]
- Gorbachev Announces Chemical Weapons Halt [p. 252]
- OTA Cites Financial Disaster of Alzheimer's [p. 253]
- A Secret Plan to Speed up SDI? [p. 253]
- Research News
- Raising the Stakes at Mount St. Helens [pp. 254-255]
- Broad Issues Debated at AIDS Vaccine Workshop [pp. 255-257]
- Report Urges Funds for Conservation Biology [pp. 257-259]
- Panel Urges Newborn Sickle Cell Screening [pp. 259-260]
- Risk Assessment and Comparisons: An Introduction [pp. 267-270]
- Ranking Possible Carcinogenic Hazards [pp. 271-280]
- Perception of Risk [pp. 280-285]
- Risk Assessment in Environmental Policy-Making [pp. 286-290]
- Health and Safety Risk Analyses: Information for Better Decisions [pp. 291-295]
- The Safety Goals of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission [pp. 296-300]
- Reports
- Raf, a Trans-Acting Locus, Regulates the $\alpha $-Fetoprotein Gene in a Cell-Autonomous Manner [pp. 301-303]
- Identification and Localization of Mutations at the Lesch-Nyhan Locus by Ribonuclease A Cleavage [pp. 303-305]
- Expression and Processing of the AIDS Virus Reverse Transcriptase in Escherichia coli [pp. 305-308]
- A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing: Tephritid Flies Mimic Spider Predators [pp. 308-310]
- A Tephritid Fly Mimics the Territorial Displays of its Jumping Spider Predators [pp. 310-312]
- Newly Identified `Glutamate Interneurons' and their Role in Locomotion in the Lamprey Spinal Cord [pp. 312-314]
- Climbing Adaptations in the Early Eocene Mammal Chriacus and the Origin of Artiodactyla [pp. 314-316]
- Common Pathogenetic Mechanism for Three Tumor Types in Bilateral Acoustic Neurofibromatosis [pp. 317-319]
- Clathrin Light Chains LCA and LCB are Similar, Polymorphic, and Share Repeated Heptad Motifs [pp. 320-324]
- Skeletal Muscle as the Potential Power Source for a Cardiovascular Pump: Assessment in vivo [pp. 324-327]
- Book Reviews
- Review: Archeology of the Midwest [pp. 339-340]
- Review: The Ecology of Plant Disease [pp. 340-341]
- Review: Insect Chemoreception [p. 341]
- Review: Neutrino Mass [pp. 341-342]
- Back Matter [pp. 342-364]