Health risk analysis of volcanic SO2 hazard on Vulcano Island (Italy)

Natural Hazards

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 303-317

  Klose, Christian D ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross disciplinary analysis; Expert system; Fuzzy logic; Human health risk; Human vulnerability; Risk theory; Sulfur dioxide; Sustainability; Volcanic gas hazard

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; HEALTH RISK; NATURAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LIPARI ISLANDS; MESSINA [SICILY]; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VULCANO;

EID: 34548550799     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-007-9115-4     Document Type: Article

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