An intelligent data collection tool for chemical safety/risk assessment

Chemosphere

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1818-1826

  Verdonck, Frederik A M ^a,b   Van Sprang, Patrick A ^b   Vanrolleghem, Peter A ^a,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b EURAS Belgium   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

EUSES; Exposure scenario; REACH; Sensitivity analysis; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; HEALTH CARE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EXPOSURE SCENARIO; REACH;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; HEALTH CARE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DATA ACQUISITION; ESTIMATION METHOD; LEGISLATION; MODELING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TESTING METHOD;

ARTICLE; COST; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH; LAW; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY;

DATA COLLECTION; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 38649118480     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.08.072     Document Type: Article

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