Recent advances in the army risk assessment modeling system

Brownfields: Multimedia Modelling and Assessment

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 127-136

  Dortch, M S ^a   Gerald, J A ^a  

^a US Army Engineer Res/Devmt Ctr   (United States)

Author keywords

ARAMS; Human and ecological risk assessment; Modeling; Terrestrial wildlife exposure

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH RISKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOILS; USER INTERFACES; WORLD WIDE WEB;

HUMAN AND ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT EXPOSURE MODEL (SEEM); TERRESTRIAL WILDLIFE EXPOSURE; THE ARMY RISK ASSESSMENT MODELING SYSTEM (ARAMS);

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 12344284033     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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