Influence of distributional shape of substance parameters on exposure model output

Risk Analysis

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1137-1145

  Lessmann, Kai ^a   Beyer, Andreas ^a   Klasmeier, Jörg ^a   Matthies, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distributional shape; Multimedia modeling; Probabilistic exposure assessment; Substance parameter uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

DISTRIBUTIONAL SHAPE; MULTIMEDIA MODELING; PROBABILISTIC EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; SUBSTANCE PARAMETER UNCERTAINTY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

OCTANOL; WATER;

METHODOLOGY; MODELING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; SOLUBILITY; VAPOR PRESSURE;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 28144451212     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2005.00669.x     Document Type: Article

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