First-order reliability analysis of public health risk assessment

Risk Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 177-185

  Hamed, Maged M ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

First order reliability method; Monte Carlo simulation; Probabilistic modeling; Risk assessment; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

HEALTH RISKS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTAMINATION; MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031128184     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1997.tb00857.x     Document Type: Article

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