Selection of contaminants and receptors of concern for ecological risk assessments using the paired comparison technique (PCT)

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (HERA)

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1189-1215

  Clifford, P A ^a   Atkinson, S F ^b   Hinckley, D A ^c   Suedel, B C ^d   Ludwig, D F ^e   Dillon, T M ^f  

^a Aquatic Ecological Services   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^c Science and Technology   (United States)

^d ENTRIX INC   (United States)

^e EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consensus building approach; Ranking and weighting; Receptors and contaminants of concern; Stakeholder concerns

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444602550     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039891285054     Document Type: Review

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