Environmental risk management decision-making in a societal context

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 18-27

  Power, M ^a   McCarty, L S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b LS McCarty Scientific Research and Consulting   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision making; Environment; Public policy; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 31544474079     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030500428538     Document Type: Review

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