Policy before the ecological risk assessment: What are we trying to protect?

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (HERA)

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 787-795

  Barton, Anne ^a   Sergeant, Anne ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment endpoints; Ecological risk assessment; Ecological risk management; Objectives

Indexed keywords

EID: 22044438669     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039891284785     Document Type: Article

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