Quality Science in the Courtroom: U.S. EPA Data Quality and Peer Review Policies and Procedures Compared to the Daubert Factors

Environmental Forensics

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 197-203

  Brilis, George M ^a   Worthington, Jeffrey C ^a   Dallas Wait, A ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b GRADIENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Admissibility; Data quality; Daubert; Evidence; Frye; U.S. EPA

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001573630     PISSN: 15275922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enfo.2000.0019     Document Type: Article

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