Separating variability and uncertainty in environmental risk assessment - Making choices

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (HERA)

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-13

  Kelly, Elizabeth J ^a   Campbell, Katherine ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian Estimation; Minimum variance unbiased estimation; Risk; Two stage Monte Carlo; Uncertainty; Variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 22844456870     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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