Species non-exchangeability in probabilistic ecotoxicological risk assessment

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 243-262

  Craig, Peter S ^a   Hickey, Graeme L ^a   Luttik, Robert ^b   Hart, Andy ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment factors; Ecotoxicology; Exchangeability; Risk assessment; Species sensitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855911544     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: 1467985X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-985X.2011.00716.x     Document Type: Article

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