Risk Assessment For Environmental Health

Robson, Mark G.

ISBN 10: 1118424069 / ISBN 13: 9781118424063

Published by John Wiley &Sons (edition 1), 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Risk Assessment For Environmental Health
• Publisher: John Wiley &Sons (edition 1)
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1118424069
• ISBN 13: 9781118424063
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1.
• Condition: Fair

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Synopsis

Written by experts in the field, this important book provides anintroduction to current risk assessment practices and proceduresand explores the intrinsic complexities, challenges, andcontroversies associated with analysis of environmental healthrisks.

Environmental Health Risk Assessment for Public Healthoffers 27 substantial chapters on risk-related topics thatinclude:

• What Is Risk and Why Study Risk Assessment
• The Risk Assessment–Risk Management Paradigm
• Risk Assessment and Regulatory Decision-Making in EnvironmentalHealth
• Toxicological Basis of Risk Assessment
• The Application of PBPK Modeling to Risk Assessment
• Probabilistic Models to Characterize Aggregate and CumulativeRisk
• Molecular Basis of Risk Assessment
• Comparative Risk Assessment
• Occupational Risk
• Radiological Risk Assessment
• Microbial Risk Assessment
• Children’s Risk Assessment
• Life Cycle Risk
• Environmental Laws and Regulations
• Precautionary Principles
• Risk Communication

About the Author

Mark G. Robson, Ph.D., M.P.H., is director of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station and profesor of entomology at Rutgers University, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

William A. Toscano, Ph.D., is professor and division head, Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH), sponsor, is the only national organization representing the deans, faculty, and students of the CEPH accredited schools of Public Health in the United States and Mexico.