Risk assessment: Replacing default options with specific science

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 421-438

  McClellan, Roger O ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer risk; Default options; Hazard identification; Risk assessment; Risk management; Specific science

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342572222     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713609873     Document Type: Review

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