Regulating chemicals - From risks to riskiness

Risk Analysis

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 603-616

  Chapman, Anne ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemicals regulation; Risk assessment; Riskiness

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

CHEMICALS REGULATION; RISKINESS;

HEALTH RISKS;

CHEMICAL COMPOUND;

CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE; LEGISLATION; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DANGEROUS GOODS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EUROPEAN UNION; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SKIN CANCER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33745374425     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2006.00760.x     Document Type: Article

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