Framework for the integration of health and ecological risk assessment

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 9, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2003, Pages 281-301

  Suter II, Glenn W ^a   Vermeire, Theo ^b   Munns Jr , Wayne R ^a   Sekizawa, Jun ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ecological risk; Guidance; Health risk; Integration; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 1942506398     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713609865     Document Type: Review

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