Precaution and analysis: Two sides of the same coin? Introduction to Talking Point on the precautionary principle

EMBO Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 303-304

  Renn, Ortwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GOVERNMENT; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION;

BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34047105796     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400950     Document Type: Article

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