Comparative Environmental Risk Assessment
Crc Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-87371-605-5 (ISBN)
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What data is needed to complete a quantitative risk assessment for environmental and public health?
How accurate does a quantitative risk assessment have to be?
How confident does a risk assessor need to be when presenting risk estimates to a decision maker?
Find out the answers to these questions and more with Comparative Environmental Risk Assessment, the first major commercial publication that describes the current state of the art in comparative environmental risk assessment. This book examines the problems involved in such analyses and offers ideas and thoughts for future development. The book examines major problems in this area and covers all aspects of the environment, including human and ecological health.
Comparative Environmental Risk Assessment is an excellent guide for risk assessment experts, environmentalists, regulators, planners, legislators, scientists in industry, instructors, and students.
PREFACE. OVERVIEW. Introduction and Overview of Difficulties Encountered in Developing Comparative Rankings of Environmental Problems (C. Richard Cothern), Current Concerns Regarding the Implementation of Risk-Based Management: How Real Are They? (William V. Garetz), ECOLOGICAL HEALTH RISKS (William Cooper).Ecological Knowledge to Environmental Problems: Ecological Risk Assessment (David Policanski). The Threat of Greenhouse Warming (Rob Coppock). HUMAN HEALTH RISKS (Paul Deisler). Revising the Risk Assessment Paradigm: Limits on the Quantitative Ranking of Environmental Problems (Ellen Silbergeld). It is Possible to Do Quantitative Assessment of Relative Risk (James Wilson). Non-Cancer Health Endpoints: Approaches to Quantitative Risk Assessment (William Farland and Michael Dourson). Risk Assessment Gapsiosis (Art Gregory). Estimating Viral Disease Risk From Drinking Water (Joan Rose and Chuck Gerba). QUANTITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT PROBLEM AREAS AND ISSUES (Mort Lippmann). Atmospheric Nitrogen Oxides: A Bridesmaid Revisited (John Bachmann), Temporal Variations in Exposure Assessment (Nancy Kim). An Integrated Approach to Risk Characterization of Multiple Pathway Chemical Exposures (Chris DeRosa, Moiz Mumtaz, Harlal Choudhury and D. McKean). A Method For Obtaining Guidance for the Combination of Qualitative Rankings By Cancer and Noncancer Risks Into a Single, Qualitative Health Risk Ranking (Paul Deisler). The Use of Statistical Insignificance in the Formulation or Risk-Based Standards for Carcinogens (Roy E. Albert and Rakesh Shulka). Possible Carcinogenic Hazards from Natural and Synthetic Chemicals: Setting Priorities (Lois Gold, Thomas Slone, Bonnie Stern, Neela Manley and Bruce Ames). The Impact of Data Gaps in EPA's Regional Comparative Risk Projects (Rosalie Day). The Use of Economic Data and Analysis in Comparative Risk Project: Questions of Policy and Reliability (Palma Reisler). THOUGHTS FOR THE FUTURE. Intro. Theory Testing, Evidential Reason and the Role of Data in the Formation of Rational Belief (Douglas Crawford-Brown and Jeffery Arnold). How To Move Quickly to Risk-Based Environmental Management: A Specific Proposal (William Garetz).
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 18.12.1992 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 30 Tables, black and white |
| Verlagsort | Bosa Roca |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 608 g |
| Einbandart | gebunden |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Arbeits- / Sozial- / Umweltmedizin |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-87371-605-1 / 0873716051 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-87371-605-5 / 9780873716055 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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