ICPSR Metadata record for Intuitive Toxicology II: Studies of Expert and Lay Judgments of Chemical Risk, 1994 ICPSR ICPSR metadata records are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/). Intuitive Toxicology II: Studies of Expert and Lay Judgments of Chemical Risk, 1994 Slovic, Paul Malmfors, Torbjorn Purchase, Ian F.H. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research ICPSR 2005-02-03 2180 doi://10.3886/ICPSR02180.v1
The purpose of this survey was to examine the subjective and intuitive elements of lay risk assessments of chemical risk. Members of the British Toxicology Society were asked to complete questionnaires that included a variety of question types and formats, including ratings of perceived risk, attitude and opinion questions, and questions pertaining to the technical evaluation of several chemicals. Those surveyed were asked to rate the perceived risk of items relating to health, including alcoholic beverages, asbestos, breast implants, burning fossil fuels, cigarette smoking, contraceptive pills, crime and violence, depletion of the ozone layer, dioxins, food additives, medical X-rays, nuclear waste, pesticides, and sun tanning. Attitudes and opinions were also sought on topics such as animal testing, cancer, and pollution. Background information on respondents includes education, age, sex, and occupational affiliation.
 UniverseScheme02180 IDRC.IV IDRC.VI ICPSR.IX IDRC.V IDRC.VII alcohol asbestos cancer carcinogens crime environmental hazards hazardous substances health health attitudes health behavior pollution radiation radioactive wastes risk risk assessment tobacco products Great Britain, Global 1994 1994 survey data Members of the British Toxicology Society in 1994. mailback questionnaires 1994 1994 The survey was mailed to all 857 members of the British Toxicology Society. Three hundred twelve completed surveys were returned for a response rate of 36.4 percent. ICPSR
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