Appraising the precautionary principle - a decision analysis perspective

Journal of Risk Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 191-202

  Keeney, Ralph L ^a   Winterfeldt, Detlof Von ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision analysis; Precautionary principle; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937340869     PISSN: 13669877     EISSN: 14664461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13669870010027631     Document Type: Article

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