Risk Assessment of Environmental Chemicals: If It Ain't Broke...

Risk Analysis

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1356-1362

  Goldstein, Bernard David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION MONITORING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; VOLUME;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; POLLUTANT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 80053386831     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2010.01447.x     Document Type: Article

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