Risk Analysis for Environmental Health Triage
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Risk Assessment for Environmental Health
This comprehensive and easy-to-read treatment of the various facets, history, and criticisms involved in risk assessment for environmental health focuses on tools and approaches used for humans in an environment involving potential chemical hazards. The first part introduces the underlying principles and techniques of the field, and the second examines case studies in terms of different risk as...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Risk Analysis
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0272-4332,1539-6924
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2005.00658.x