Phantom Risk
Subtitle: Scientific Inference and the Law
Contributors: Kenneth R. Foster (Editor); David E. Bernstein (Editor); Peter W. Huber (Editor)
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: June 4, 1993
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 469
ISBN-13: 9780262061568
Subjects: Citizenship & nationality law; Mathematics and Science; Public health & preventive medicine; Social issues; Social law; Social welfare & social services; Civil Law; Science; Law; USA; Medical Law & Legislation; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Public Health; Law / General; General; Causation; Risk; Science and law; Torts
First sentence: Risk in technical usage is the probability that a person will experience an adverse effect from some activity or exposure.