Probabilistic exposure assessment to total trihalomethanes in drinking water: An EVT method

International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 424-432

  Okada, Norio ^a,c,d   Yu, Wei Bin ^a,b,e   Fan, Ying ^a,b,f   Tsuno, Hiroshi ^a,b   Wei, Yi Ming ^a,g  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Chinese Academy of Science   (China)

^c Japan Society for Natural Disaster Science   (Japan)

^d International Risk Governance Council Based in Geneva   (Japan)

^e Urban Management   (Japan)

^f Urban Management ^*  (United States)

^g HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure risk; Extreme value theory; Total trihalomethanes

Indexed keywords

EID: 46649093766     PISSN: 14668297     EISSN: 17415241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJRAM.2008.019029     Document Type: Article

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