Data-derived uncertainty factors: Boric acid (BA) as a case study

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (HERA)

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 125-138

  Murray, F Jay ^a   Andersen, Melvin E ^b  

^a Murray and Associates   (United States)

^b NONE

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