Uncertainty in epidemiology and health risk and impact assessment

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 189-203

  Briggs, David J ^a   Sabel, Clive E ^a   Lee, Kayoung ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conceptualising; Epidemiology; Health risk; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODEL; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PLANNING METHOD; SAMPLING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMAN; POLLUTANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY;

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 61849185858     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-008-9214-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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