A theory of practice for environmental assessment

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 478-485

  Suter II, Glenn W ^a   Cormier, Susan M ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Causality; Ecoepidemiology; Environmental assessment; Environmental epidemiology; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 51849084586     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/IEAM_2008-004.1     Document Type: Article

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