Introduction to the concepts and methods of uncertainty analysis

Environmental Risk Assessment of Genetically Modified Organisms

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 188-208

  Hayes, K R ^a   Regan, H M ^b   Burgman, M A ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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