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. EPA.
Contributor(s): National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology
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Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2009Description: xviii, 403 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.Subject(s): Environmental risk assessment -- United States | Technology -- Risk assessment -- United States | Health risk assessment -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 361.1 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references.
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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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.