Parameter uncertainty and variability in evaluative fate and exposure models

Risk Analysis

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1193-1204

  Hertwich, Edgar G ^a   McKone, Thomas E ^b   Pease, William S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure efficiency; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Multimedia modeling; Toxicity scoring; Toxics release inventory (TRI); Uncertainty; Variability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION THEORY; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; LIFE CYCLE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; TOXICITY;

EXPOSURE MODELS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENTS (LCA); TOXICS RELEASE INVENTORY (TRI);

RISK ASSESSMENT;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; BENZENE; CHLOROBENZENE; FLUORANTHENE; ISOPHORONE; LINDANE; NITROBENZENE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TOLUENE; VINYL CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; DOSE CALCULATION; EXPOSURE; HALF LIFE TIME; LIFE CYCLE; MODEL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0033457343     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007094930671     Document Type: Article

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