Do uncertainty analyses reveal uncertainties? Using the introduction of DNA vaccines to aquaculture as a case

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 185-196

  Gillund, Frøydis ^a   Kjølberg, Kamilla A ^b   Krayer von Krauss, Martin ^c   Myhr, Anne I ^a  

^a GenØk Centre for Biosafety   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; DNA vaccines; Expert elicitation; Risk assessment; Scientific uncertainty; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AQUACULTURE; DNA; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; VACCINES;

DNA PLASMIDS; DNA VACCINATIONS; DNA VACCINES; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASES; EXPERT ELICITATION; IMMUNE RESPONSES; POTENTIAL SOURCES; QUALITATIVE ASPECTS; SCIENTIFIC UNCERTAINTIES; SCIENTIFIC UNCERTAINTY; SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DNA VACCINE; PLASMID DNA;

DNA; FISH CULTURE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PLASMID; POLICY MAKING; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VACCINATION; VACCINE;

AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA IMMUNIZATION; ENVIRONMENT; FISH DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; AUTOIMMUNITY; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY; VACCINES, DNA; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 54049092544     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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