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Improving occupational safety: using a trusted information source to communicate about risk. / Conchie, Stacey; Burns, Calvin.
In: Journal of Risk Research, Vol. 12, No. 1, 2009, p. 13-25.

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Conchie S, Burns C. Improving occupational safety: using a trusted information source to communicate about risk. Journal of Risk Research. 2009;12(1):13-25. doi: 10.1080/13669870802433749

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Conchie, Stacey ; Burns, Calvin. / Improving occupational safety : using a trusted information source to communicate about risk. In: Journal of Risk Research. 2009 ; Vol. 12, No. 1. pp. 13-25.

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