A relative ranking approach for nano-enabled applications to improve risk-based decision making: a case study of Army materiel

Environment Systems and Decisions

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 42-53

  Grieger, Khara D ^a   Redmon, Jennifer Hoponick ^a   Money, Eric S ^a   Widder, Mark W ^b   van der Schalie, William H ^b   Beaulieu, Stephen M ^a   Womack, Donna ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b U S ARMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Army materiel; Engineered nanomaterials; Nanotechnology; Relative risk ranking; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925487764     PISSN: 21945403     EISSN: 21945411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10669-014-9531-4     Document Type: Article

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