Weight-of-evidence issues and frameworks for sediment quality (and other) assessments

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1489-1515

  Chapman, Peter M ^a   McDonald, Blair G ^a   Lawrence, Gary S ^a  

^a GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Best Professional Judgment; Ecology; Sediment Quality Triad; Sediments; Toxicity; Weight of evidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013175628     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20028091057457     Document Type: Review

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