Perspective: If ecological risk assessment is the answer, what is the question?

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (HERA)

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 921-928

  Lackey, Robert T ^a,b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

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EID: 21944455945     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039709383735     Document Type: Article

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