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Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal Volume 2, 1996 - Issue 4: Commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Monte Carlo
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A general framework for the analysis of uncertainty and variability in risk assessment

S.N. Rai Environmental Health Directorate, Environmental Health Centre, Health Canada, Postal Locator 0800B1, Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A OL2, Canada Phone: (613) 954–0170 Fax: (613) 954–0170 E-mail: [email protected]
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D. Krewski Environmental Health Directorate, Environmental Health Centre, Health Canada, Postal Locator 0800B1, Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A OL2, Canada Phone: (613) 954–0170 Fax: (613) 954–0170; Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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S. Bartlett Environmental Health Directorate, Environmental Health Centre, Health Canada, Postal Locator 0800B1, Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A OL2, Canada Phone: (613) 954–0170 Fax: (613) 954–0170
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