Uncertainty and precaution in European environmental risk assessment of chemicals

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 227-234

  Verdonck, Frederik A M ^a,b   Van Sprang, Patrick A ^b   Vanrolleghem, Peter A ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b EURAS Belgium   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Precaution; Probabilistic risk assessment; Technical guidance document; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT; PRECAUTION; PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT; TECHNICAL GUIDANCE DOCUMENT;

CHEMICALS;

CHEMICAL COMPOUND;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; INDUSTRY; POLICY; PROBABILITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 28244460737     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2005.0171     Document Type: Article

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