Risk assessment and safety evaluation using probabilistic fault tree analysis

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1909-1927

  Khan, Faisal I ^a   Husain, Tahir ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hazard assessment; Industrial safety; Probabilistic risk assessment; Quantitative risk analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444489179     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20018091095483     Document Type: Article

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