Bounding poorly characterized risks: A lung cancer example

Risk Analysis

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1071-1083

  Ha Duong, Minh ^a,b   Casman, Elizabeth A ^b   Morgan, M Granger ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bounding analysis; Expert elicitation; Lung cancer; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUMORS;

LUNG CANCER; MORTALITY; RISK ANALYSIS;

HEALTH RISKS;

ASBESTOS FIBER; RADON;

CANCER;

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER STATISTICS; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SMOKING;

ASBESTOS; BIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; RADON; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 8844239965     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0272-4332.2004.00508.x     Document Type: Review

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