The intersection of independent lies: Increasing realism in ecological risk assessment

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 355-369

  Nagy, Laura ^c   Fairbrother, Anne ^a   Etterson, Matthew ^b   Orme Zavaleta, Jennifer ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c TETRA TECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Generality; Model clusters; Model uncertainty; Precision; Realism; Risk assessment; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947363339     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030701226814     Document Type: Review

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