Science, precaution, and practice

Public Health Reports

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 521-533

  Stirling, Andy ^a   Gee, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; BENZENE; CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; HEAVY METAL; OZONE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TRIBUTYLTIN;

AGRICULTURE; ALLERGENICITY; AMBIGUITY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIODIVERSITY; CARCINOGENICITY; CATTLE DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXHAUST GAS; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUTAGENICITY; NOISE POLLUTION; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RESEARCH; REVIEW; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCIENCE; SOIL EROSION; STRATOSPHERE; TECHNOLOGY; TOXICITY;

EID: 0036880271     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3549(04)50197-8     Document Type: Editorial

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