A weight-of-evidence framework for assessing sediment (or other) contamination: Improving certainty in the decision-making process

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1675-1696

  Burton Jr , G Allen ^a   Batley, Graeme E ^b   Chapman, Peter M ^c   Forbes, Valery E ^d   Smith, Eric P ^e   Reynoldson, Trefor ^f   Schlekat, Christian E ^g   Den Besten, Pieter J ^h   Bailer, A John ⁱ   Green, Andrew S ^j   Dwyer, Robert L ^k  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

^d ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^g Rio Tinto Group   (United States)

^h INST INLAND WATER MGMT WASTE W   (Netherlands)

ⁱ MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j INTERNATIONAL LEAD ZINC RESEARCH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^k Pipe and Fittings   (United States)

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Author keywords

Causality; Risk assessment; Uncertainty; Weight of evidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013127526     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20028091056854     Document Type: Review

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