Science and decisions  advancing risk assessment /  [electronic resource] : 
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. 
 - Washington, D.C. :  National Academies Press,  c2009. 
 - xviii, 403 p. :  ill. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780309120470 (electronic bk.) 0309120470 (electronic bk.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Environmental risk assessment--United States.<br/>Technology--Risk assessment--United States.<br/>Health risk assessment--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GE150  / .N37 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>361.1