Standardized approach for developing probabilistic exposure factor distributions

Risk Analysis

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1185-1199

  Maddalena, Randy L ^a   McKone, Thomas E ^a,b   Sohn, Michael D ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight; Classification and regression tree (CART); Exposure duration; Probabilistic risk assessment; Probability density function (PDF)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PROBABILITY;

PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT (PRA); RISK MODELS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD (REFERENCE);

BODY WEIGHT; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 8844263074     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0272-4332.2004.00518.x     Document Type: Review

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