Uncertainty in the Risk Assessment of Environmental and Occupational Hazards: An International Workshop (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1573312371 ISBN 13: 9781573312370

Publisher: New York Academy of Sciences, 1999

Synopsis

This volume deals with many aspects of uncertainty in risk assessment, including its origins, its general magnitude, and its implications for public policy. For the most part, the authors present real examples with real data. The 26 papers discuss the uncertainties of hazard identification, exposure assessment, does- response modeling, and risk characterization and communication. Topics include risk assessment for children and other sensitive populations, mega-experiments to identify and assess diffuse carcinogenic risks, uncertainty in biomonitoring and kinetic modeling, characterization of uncertainty and variability in residential radon cancer, distributions of individual susceptibility among humans for toxic effects, and reducing uncertainty in the derivation of health guidance values. No subject index.

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About the Author

A. John Bailer is with Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. Cesare Maltoni comes from the European Ramazzini Foundation of Oncology and Environmental Sciences, Bologna, Italy. John C. Bailar III is with the University of Chicago, Illinois. Fiorella Belpoggi, Jill V. Brazier and Morando Soffritti are from the European Ramazzini Foundation of Oncology and Environmental Sciences, Bologna, Italy.

Edition details

• Publisher: New York Academy of Sciences
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1573312371
• ISBN 13: 9781573312370
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 377
• Editor: Bailer A. John, Maltoni Cesare, Bailar John C., Belpoggi Fiorella, Brazier Jill V., Soffritti Morando