On using residual risk to assess the cost effectiveness and health protectiveness of remedy selection at superfund sites

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 62, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 131-151

  Katsumata, Peter T ^a   Kastenberg, William E ^a,b  

^a Etcheverry Hall MCI 730   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION THEORY; HEALTH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; PROTECTION;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032182994     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(97)00161-0     Document Type: Article

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