Species sensitivity distributions revisited: A critical appraisal

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 473-492

  Forbes, Valery E ^a   Calow, Peter ^b  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Application factors; Extrapolation; Probabilistic methods; Risk assessment; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000439141     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030290879781     Document Type: Review

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