Cancer hazard identification and qualitative risk assessment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 184, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 91-95

  Terracini, Benedetto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carcinogen identification; Environmental epidemiology; Ethical issues behavior; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

CANCER RISK; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0029903093     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(95)04993-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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