A probabilistic analysis of regional mercury impacts on wildlife

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (HERA)

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 103-130

  Lohman, Kristen ^a   Pai, Prasad ^a   Seigneur, Christian ^a   Mitchell, David ^b   Heim, Ken ^b   Wandland, Kristen ^b   Levin, Leonard ^c  

^a ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b ENSR   (United States)

^c ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological risk assessment; Uncertainty; Variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 22844457069     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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