Practical issues in the use of probabilistic risk assessment

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (HERA)

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 729-736

  Roberts, Stephen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptable risk; Monte Carlo simulation; Probabilistic risk assessment; Risk communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 22844455650     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.1999.9657737     Document Type: Article

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