Value of information analysis in environmental health risk management decisions: Past, present, and future

Risk Analysis

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 635-650

  Yokota, Fumie ^a   Thompson, Kirmberly M ^b  

^a Office of Management and Budget   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian decision theory; Environmental health; Risk analysis; Risk management; Value of information

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; HEALTH RISKS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK MANAGEMENT;

HEALTH RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT DECISIONS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SIMULATION; STANDARD;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INFORMATION THEORY; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 3042718919     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0272-4332.2004.00464.x     Document Type: Review

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