Risk-based decision making: The East Fork Poplar Creek case study

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2954-2958

  Moore, Dwayne R J ^a   Sample, Bradley E ^b   Suter, Glenn W ^b   Parkhurst, Benjamin R ^c   Teed, R Scott ^a  

^a Cadmus Group   (Canada)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Cadmus Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Kingfishers; Mercury; Mink; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; MINK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ALCEDINIDAE; MUSTELA VISON; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS; QUERCUS;

EID: 0032709962     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620181242     Document Type: Article

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