A probabilistic approach to exposure risk assessment

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 441-449

  Mutshinda, Crispin M ^a   Antai, Imoh ^b   O'Hara, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Environmental hazards; Environmental risk assessment; Inverse square law; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

INVERSE SQUARE LAW; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH RISK; INVERSE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 42549126840     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-007-0143-0     Document Type: Article

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