Bounding uncertainty analyses

Application of Uncertainty Analysis to Ecological Risks of Pesticides

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 89-122

  Ferson, S ^a   Moore, D R J ^b   Van den Brink, P J ^c   Estes, T L ^d   Gallagher, K ^e   O'Connor, R ^f   Verdonck, F ^g  

^a APPLIED BIOMATHEMATICS   (United States)

^b Intrinsik Environmental Sciences Inc   (Canada)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Stone Environmental Inc ^*  (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^g GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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