Uncertainty is part of making decisions

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (HERA)

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 255-261

  Hoffman, F Owen ^a   Chambers, Douglas B ^b   Stager, Ronald H ^b  

^a Ctr Transp Anal Oak Ridge N   (United States)

^b SENES Consultants Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecological risk; Environmental risk assessment; Probability; Uncertainty; Variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 22644452296     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039991289400     Document Type: Review

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