Quantitative risk assessment: The scientific platform

Quantitative Risk Assessment

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-211

  Aven, Terje ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

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EID: 84925149351     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511974120     Document Type: Book

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