Past and future use of default assumptions and uncertainty factors: Default assumptions, misunderstandings, and new concepts

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 82-87

  Dourson, Michael L ^a   Parker, Ann L ^a  

^a Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment   (United States)

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EID: 33847147070     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030601105480     Document Type: Review

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