Science and decisions [electronic resource] : advancing risk assessment / Committee on Improving Risk Analysis Approaches Used by the U.S. EPA, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.

By: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Improving Risk Analysis Approaches Used by the U.S. EPAContributor(s): National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology | National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Earth and Life Studies | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2009Description: xviii, 403 p. : illISBN: 9780309120470 (electronic bk.); 0309120470 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Environmental risk assessment -- United States | Technology -- Risk assessment -- United States | Health risk assessment -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 361.1 LOC classification: GE150 | .N37 2009Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Evolution and use of risk assessment in the environmental protection agency : current practice and future prospects -- The design of risk assessments -- Uncertainty and variability : the recurring and recalcitrant elements of risk assessment -- Toward a unified approach to dose-response assessment -- Selection and use of defaults -- Implementing cumulative risk assessment -- Improving the utility of risk assessment -- Toward improved risk-based decision-making.
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Evolution and use of risk assessment in the environmental protection agency : current practice and future prospects -- The design of risk assessments -- Uncertainty and variability : the recurring and recalcitrant elements of risk assessment -- Toward a unified approach to dose-response assessment -- Selection and use of defaults -- Implementing cumulative risk assessment -- Improving the utility of risk assessment -- Toward improved risk-based decision-making.

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