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Risk perception by industrial radiographers: Hungary and the UK compared

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  • B.R. Orton
  • L. Sjöberg
  • J. Jung
  • D. ürge-Vorsatz
  • M. Tamássyné-Bíró

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Perceptions of risks from two groups of industrial radiographers, one from Hungary, (n = 45) and from the United Kingdom, (n = 29) were compared by the psychometric method. The comparison was made because both groups were at risk for high doses of ionizing radiation. We found the groups had similar demographic profiles but poor socio-economic conditions of Hungarians were associated with higher levels of emotional distress. Correlation HU-UK for personal and general risks were at a significant level for topics that included lifestyle and radiation risks. Perceptions of risks from radiation were small except for large personal risk from East European nuclear power plants. Knowledge of radiation risk intranationally was correlated positively with personal risk for UK radiographers and negatively for Hungarians. However, average overall risk perceptions from the same topic list for all radiographers did not differ significantly from a group (n = 1461) of UK citizens, though radiographer's risks from radiation were considerably greater. As a new lifesaving intervention it was proposed that radiation risk reduction could be achieved by genetic testing.

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  • B.R. Orton & L. Sjöberg & J. Jung & D. ürge-Vorsatz & M. Tamássyné-Bíró, 2001. "Risk perception by industrial radiographers: Hungary and the UK compared," Journal of Risk Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 4(1), pages 17-29, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jriskr:v:4:y:2001:i:1:p:17-29
    DOI: 10.1080/136698701456004
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