Revisiting the rationale for holistic, integrated risk assessments

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 774-776

  Kapustka, Larry ^a   Froese, Ken ^b   McCormick, Ron ^c  

^a LK Consultancy   (Canada)

^b Environmental Health and Risk Consulting   (Canada)

^c Sokio Systems   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 79952118258     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.107     Document Type: Note

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