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Approaches to the risk assessment and control of major industrial chemical and related hazards in the United Kingdom

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This paper outlines the role and use in the UK of hazard and risk assessment in the control and management of risks from major chemical industrial and other related hazards.

Keywords: hazard analysis, major hazards, risk assessment, transportation, United Kingdom, UK, chemical hazards

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