Practical values and uncertainty in regulatory decision-making

Social Epistemology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 349-362

  Todt, Oliver ^a   Alcázar, Javier Rodríguez ^b   Luján, José Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Methodological Decisions; Regulatory Science; Risk Assessment; Short term Tests; Standards of Evidence; Uncertainty; Weight of Evidence Approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149275895     PISSN: 02691728     EISSN: 14645297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02691728.2010.506961     Document Type: Article

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