The science and philosophy of a method for assessing environmental causes

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-34

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

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caddis; Causation; Cause; Stressor identification; Weight of evidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951016221     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030903459254     Document Type: Article

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