Index
Acceptable risk
Accident death at home
Accident sequence
Adair, Robert
Adverse selection
AFO (see animal feeding operations)
Agent Orange
AIDS/HIV
perception
testing
Air pollution
deaths
Air bags
Aircraft accident, definition
Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS)
Aircraft parts, counterfeit
Airlines (see also aviation; names of specific airlines)
deregulation
fatalities
on time arrival
point in time ratings
AirTran
Alaska Airlines
Alchemist
Alcohol
Alzheimer disease
America West Airlines
American Airlines
American Society for Transplant Surgeons
American Water Works Association (AWWA)
Animal feeding operations (AFO)
Antibiotics
Apátiga, Miguel
Applegate, Daniel
Aquinas, Thomas
Arabic number system
Aristotle
Arpey, Gerald
Arson, church
Astragalus
Atomic clock
ATP (adenosine triphosphate)
Attractive Nuisance Doctrine
Automobile(s)
crash tests
distractions
occupant protection
size vs. safety
speed
Average
Aviation, human factors
Bacteria, in food
Barrett, Thomas J.
Baseball
Bayes, Thomas
Bayes’ theorem
Beck, Malcolm
Becker, Gary S
Becquerel, Antonie-Henri
BEIR Committee VI (Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation)
Bell, Joshua
Bentham, Jeremy
Bisphenol-A (BPA)
Blood alcohol content (BAC)
Bodnar, Elena N.
Boeing Aircraft Corporation
Boeing 737 (B-737)
Boeing 747 (B-747)
Boeing 757 (B-757)
Boeing 767 (B-767)
Bogus parts
Bolliger, Stephan
Bosch, Karl
Boskin Commission
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)
BPA
Breast cancer
Bruno, Giordano
BSE (see bovine spongiform encephalopathy)
Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis)
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau of Standards
CAFE (see corporate average fuel economy)
CAFO
CARB (see California Air Resources Board)
CJD (see Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease)
California Air Resources Board (CARB)
“Calorie free”
Campylobacter
Cancer
breast
ovarian
skin
Cardano, Giralomo
Cassini mission
Castaño, Victor M.
Causes of death
Cell phones
Center for Democratic Renewal
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
Cesium clock
Chakrabarty, Ananda
Chaos theory
Chastant, Kathryn
Chemicals (see also names of specific chemicals)
Child restraints
Chlorine
Christianity
Chunnel
Cigar smoking (see also Tobacco products)
Cigarettes (see also Tobacco products)
Citizen’s Guide to Radon
Cleaning effectiveness
Clinton, President William
Coefficient of restitution (COR)
Collins, Susan
Common good
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO)
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Consumer preference
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Continental Airlines
Contract research organizations (CRO)
Controlled risk
Corporate average fuel economy (CAFE)
Cost and benefit assessment
Costa Rica
Counterfeit parts
Crapo, Mike
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)
Crick, Francis
Crime, measure of
Crusades
Cryptosporidium
Cultural theory
Customer service
Cybertime
DNA
Darwin, Charles
Daubert Standard
Death, leading causes
Delaney, James J.
Delaney Clause
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Transportation (DOT)
value of life
Diesel engine testing
Dioxin
Distractions, auto
Distributional justice
Doctrine of Attractive Allurement
Doctrine of Patent Exhaustion
Dole, Elizabeth
Domestic violence
Dose-response
Douglas, Catherine
Dreaded risk
Driving, trucks
Dust Bowl
E. coli
EDR (see event data recorder)
Egalitarian approach to risk perception
Earthquakes
Educational Testing Service
Egyptians
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
Elias, Julio Jorge
English patients
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Ethics
Ethically objectionable risk
Event, statistical measurement
Event data recorder (EDR)
Ex-Lax
Exposure characterization
Fair risk
Fairness
Fallon, Sally
Falls
Farming
“Fat free”
Fatalistic approach to risk perception
Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)
Fatigue
Fear, of flying
“Fearless Flyers”
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
FEMA
Fermat, Pierre de
Fibonacci, Leonardo
Fibonacci numbers
Flight Safety Foundation
Flood insurance
Flying
fear of
“Flying Without Fear”
Food
bacteria in
frozen
genetically modified
irradiation
labeling
poisoning
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food Quality and Protection Act
Food Safety & Inspection (FSIS)
Fore people
Frye Standard
Galileo
Gas can paradox
Geographical limitations, statistics
Genetically modified food
Genetically modified organisms (GMO)
Global positioning systems (GPS)
Golden ratio (golden mean)
Gono, Gideon
Gore, Albert
Government spending
Greeks
Ground Proximity Warning Systems (GPWS)
Groundwater contaminants
Guanglei, Zhang
Guofu, Song
HACCP
HFCS
Haber, Fritz
Haber-Bosch process
Hawthorne Effect
Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Points (HACCP)
Herbicide tolerant (HT)
Hierarchical approach to risk perception
Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
HIV testing
Human factors, aviation
Hurricane
Hurt, J.B.
Hypothesis
“Ig Nobel” prizes
Individualistic approach to risk perception
Inference
Information sources
Ingham, Elaine
Institute of Medicine (IOM)
Insurance
flood
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use Good Clinical Practice (ICH-GCP)
Involuntary risk
Irradiation, of food
Jenner, Edward
Jesty, Benjamin
Johnson, President Lyndon
journalism
justice
Kant, Immanuel
Kneubuehl, Beat
Kohl, Herb
Kowalski, Richard
Kuru
Lake Placid
Lawyers, and regulations
Ledbetter, Lilly
Leahy, Patrick
Lee, Raphael C.
“Legal Citology”
Leibnitz, Gottfried
Length, statistical
Lightning
Lippeshey
Listeria
“Lite”
“Low calorie”
“Low fat”
Mad cow disease
McGowen, Jackson
Marijan, Sandra
Market research
Mayo, Professor Elton
McGee, Bill
Mean
Measurement
error
human factors
practical laws
of risk perception
scale
of time
Measures
of crime
of poverty
Media
amplification
influence on perception
Median
Memorable risk
Mendel, Gregor
Miescher, Friedrich
Mill, John Stuart
Mimicry
Mistrust
Mississippi State University
Morales, Javier
Motor vehicle risk
Murphy’s Laws
Music
MySky Program
NASA
National Council Arson Task Force
National Council of Churches
National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
National Safety Council
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
Natural risk
Negligible risk
Neiman Marcus
New York Yankees
Night vs. day driving risk
Nobel awards
No Observed Adverse Effect Levels (NOAELs)
No Observed Effect Levels (NOELs)
Non-O157 E. coli
Northwest Airlines
Nuclear power
perception
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Nutrients
Observables
Occupant protection, cars
Odds ratio
Oesterhelweg, Lars
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS)
Operation Ranch Hand
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Orshansky, Mollie
Ovarian cancer
Ozone
Pacioli, Luca
Pan American Airlines
Paracelsus (Theophrastus Philippus Aureolus Bombastus van Hohenheim)
Pare, Ambroise
Pascal, Blaise
Pascal’s wager
PCB (polychlorinated biphenyl)
Peer review
Peoples’ rights
Perception, influences on
Pesticides
Phi
Philipson, Tomas
Pilot error
Pitch, musical
Placebo, definition
Placebo effect
Polls
Pollution
air
Posner, Richard A.
Poultry
poverty measure
Prawo, Jazdy
Prescriptive regulation
Prions
Probability, development of
Product warning labels
Project Independence
Prusiner, Stanley
Push polls
Pythagoras
Q statistic
Questionnaires
Radon
Randomness
Rawling Sporting Goods Co.
Re-centering
“Reduced calorie”
“Reduced fat”
Regulation
prescriptive
risk-based
Regulations, number of lawyers
Relative risk
Reliability-centered maintenance (RCM)
Return on investment (ROI)
Rightsizing
Risk
acceptable
control of
controlled
death at home
definition
dreaded
ethically objectionable
fair
involuntary
measurement
memorable
motor vehicle
natural
perception
sociological influences
sporting
transfer of (see also Insurance)
transportation
uncontrolled
unfair
unnatural
unseen
voluntary
worker’s age
Risk assessment
Risk communication
Risk characterization
Risk coordinate system
Risk equation
Risk information, communication
Risk management, process of
Risk perception, flying
Risk perception measurement
Risk reduction
Risk survey sample
Risk-based regulations
Roper, Burns W.
Ross, Betsy
Ross, Steffen
Rowlinson, Peter
SRS (supplemental restraining system)
Salmonella
Sample size
Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)
School bus safety
Scientific method
Seat belt(s)
laws
Shafer, John
Shapiro, Fred R.
Shapiro, Lisa J.
Shigella
“60 Minutes”
Skin cancer
Smoke detectors
SOAR Program
Sociological influences on risk
Southwest Airlines
Speed limits
Speeding
Sporting risks
Starr, Chauncy
Statistical studies
funding
wording
Statistical value of life
Statistics, reporting
STEC O157 (Shiga toxin-producing E. coli)
“Stress-Free Flying”
Suspected Unapproved Parts (SUPs)
Super Bowl
Survey, sample
Surveys
Taguchi, Fumiaki
Technology, influence on perception
Television
Terrorism
Thimerosal
Thali, Michael
Time, measurement
Time period
Tire gauge
Tobacco products (see also Cigar smoking; Cigarettes)
regulation
smokeless
Toxic Substance Control Act
Toxicology
Traffic Alert & Collision Avoidance System (TCAS)
Trans World Airlines (TWA)
Transportation risk
Truck safety
Trust
Tunnels
Tzu, Sun
Uncontrolled risk
Unfair risk
Unger, Donald L.
United Airlines
Unnatural risk
Unseen risk
Utilitarian
U.S. Airways
U.S. Coast Guard
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Vaccines
Vacuum cleaner(s)
Valk Foundation
Value of a statistical life (VSL)
Value of a statistical life-year (VSLY)
Vibrio
Vietnam
Virtue
Voluntary risk
Watson, James
Water risk
“Water paradox”
Weather
Western Electric
Whitcome, Katherine K.
Willingness to accept (WTA)
Willingness to pay (WTP)
Wind shear
Wrongful birth
Wrongful life
Worker productivity
Workers’ Compensation
World Health Organization (WHO)
Yale University
Yersinia
Young drivers
Zero risk