Threshold quantity criteria for risk management programs: Recommendations for toxic releases

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 105, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 39-60

  Batterman, Stuart ^a   Kovacs, Erika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents; Chemical releases; Dispersion modeling; Emergency; Risk; Threshold; Toxic chemicals

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; LAND USE; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; METEOROLOGY; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CHEMICAL ACCIDENTS;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ACCIDENTAL RELEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXIC MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BIOSAFETY; CALCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; LAND BIOME; METEOROLOGY; PROTECTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK MANAGEMENT; RURAL AREA; TOXICITY; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WIND;

OXALIS TUBEROSA;

EID: 0242457381     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2003.07.003     Document Type: Article

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