A reflexive approach to dealing with uncertainties in environmental health risk science and policy1

International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 2-4, 2005, Pages 216-236

  Craye, Matthieu ^a   Funtowicz, Silvio ^a   van der Sluijs, Jeroen P ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

complexity; controversy; environmental health; interactivity; pedigree; policymaking; problem framing; quality; reflexivity; uncertainty; waste incineration

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748419277     PISSN: 14668297     EISSN: 17415241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijram.2005.007169     Document Type: Article

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31. The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not represent necessarily those of the European Commission.