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Assessing risks to health : methodological approaches /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: United States. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Other Authors: Bailar, John C., III (John Christian), 1932-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Westport, Conn. : Auburn House, 1993.
Subjects:
Health Policy > United States.
Risk Factors.
Risk Management.
Table of Contents:
  • Risk assessment: an overview
  • Introduction
  • Role of risk assessment in agency activities
  • Case studies
  • Ethylene dibromide
  • Formaldehyde
  • Tris
  • Dioxin in Missouri
  • Reproductive effects of lead
  • Cotton dust
  • Noise
  • Passive smoking and lung cancer
  • Dietary fat and cancer
  • Use of mammography for breast cancer screening
  • Analysis of the risk assessments
  • Setting priorities for risk assessment
  • Evaluating carcinogenic risks
  • Evaluating noncarcinogenic risks
  • Comparison of methods in assessing carcinogenic and other risks
  • Relating risk assessment to risk management.