Expert judgment based multi-criteria decision model to address uncertainties in risk assessment of nanotechnology-enabled food products

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1813-1831

  Flari, Villie ^a   Chaudhry, Qasim ^a   Neslo, Rabin ^b   Cooke, Roger ^b,c  

^a FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Microelectronics   (Netherlands)

^c RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Expert judgment; Governance; Multi criteria decision models; Nanotechnology food products; Risk assessment; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EXPERT JUDGMENT; GOVERNANCE; MULTICRITERIA DECISION; PREDICTIVE POWER; PREFERENCE DATA; PROBABILISTIC INVERSION; UNCERTAINTY;

FOOD PRODUCTS; MODELS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RATING;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

NANOMATERIAL;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NANOENGINEERING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY ENABLED FOOD PRODUCT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 80051669128     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-011-0335-x     Document Type: Review

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