Implementing the Precautionary Principle: Incorporating science, technology, fairness, and accountability in environmental, health, and safety decisions

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-67

  Ashford, Nicholas A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Precautionary Principle; Risk assessment; Technology options analysis; Tradeoff analysis; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; JUSTICE; LAW; MEDICAL ERROR; METHODOLOGY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; POLICY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 1842734345     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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