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. ; 26 cm.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Environmental risk assessment--United States.
Technology--Risk assessment--United States.
Health risk assessment--United States.
Electronic books.
GE150 / .N37 2009eb
361.1
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Environmental risk assessment--United States.
Technology--Risk assessment--United States.
Health risk assessment--United States.
Electronic books.
GE150 / .N37 2009eb
361.1