False alarm over environmental false alarms

Science

Volumn 301, Issue 5637, 2003, Pages 1187-1188

  Pacala, S W ^a   Bulte, E ^b   List, J A ^c,d   Levin, S A ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; ENVIRONMENT;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; AIR POLLUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COST; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PROBABILITY; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH; HUMANS; PROBABILITY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

EID: 0041321163     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1086646     Document Type: Review

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