"Total risk of death"-Towards a common and usable basis for consequence assessment

Process Safety and Environmental Protection

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-25

  Rushton, Andrew G ^a   Carter, David A ^a  

^a Hazardous Installations Directorate   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fatal risk profile; Harm criteria; Land use planning; Risk assessment; Risk criteria

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISKS; LADDER NETWORKS; LAND USE; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; RISKS;

CONSEQUENCE ASSESSMENTS; FATAL RISK PROFILE; HARM CRITERIA; HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVES; HYBRID APPROACHES; LAND-USE PLANNING; MULTIPLE THRESHOLDS; RISK VALUES; SOCIETAL RISKS; THRESHOLD SCHEMES; TRANSPORT RISKS; WIDESPREAD USES;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 58249088299     PISSN: 09575820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psep.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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