Methods and procedures for environmental risk assessment

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 573-592

  Robu, Brînduşa Mihaela ^a   Căliman, Florentina Anca ^a   Beţianu, Camelia ^a   Gavrilescu, Maria ^a  

^a GHEORGHE ASACHI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

Author keywords

Environmental risk assessment; Event tree risk analysis; HAZAN; HAZOP; Integrated environmental impact and risk assessment; Models for risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85040058809     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: 18433707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2007.074     Document Type: Article

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