| Title |
Comparative environmental risk assessment / edited by C. Richard Cothern. |
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| Imprint |
Boca Raton : Lewis Publishers, c1993. |
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| Description |
317 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Note |
Based on a symposium held on Aug. 28, 1991 in New York City. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction and overview of difficulties encountered in developing comparative rankings of environmental problems / C. Richard Cothern -- Current concerns regarding the implementation of risk-based management: how real are they? / William V. Garetz -- Application of ecological knowledge to environmental problems: ecological risk assessment / David Policansky -- Threat of greenhouse warming / Rob Coppock -- Revising the risk assessment paradigm: limits on the quantitative ranking of environmental problems / Ellen K. Silbergeld -- It is possible to do quantitative assessment of relative risk / James D. Wilson -- Noncancer health endpoints: approaches to quantitative risk assessment / William Farland and Michael Dourson -- Gaps in knowledge in assessing the risk of cancer / Art Gregory -- Estimating viral disease risk from drinking water / Charles P. Gerba and Joan B. Rose -- Atmospheric nitrogen oxides: a bridesmaid revisited / John Bachmann -- Temporal variations in exposure data / Nancy K. Kim. |
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(cont) Integrated approach to risk characterization of multiple pathway chemical exposures / Christopher T. DeRosa ... [et al.] -- Method for obtaining guidance for the combination of qualitative rankings by cancer and noncancer risks into a single, qualitative health risk ranking / Paul F. Deisler, Jr. -- Use of statistical insignificance in the formulation of risk-based standards for carcinogens / Roy E. Albert and Rakesh Shukla -- Possible carcinogenic hazards from natural and synthetic chemicals: setting priorities / Lois Swirsky ... [et al.] -- Impact of data gaps in EPA's regional comparative risk projects / Rosalie R. Day -- Use of economic data and analysis in comparative risk projects: questions of policy and reliability / Palma Risler -- Role of evidential reason and epistemic discourse in establishing the risk of environmental carcinogens / Douglas Crawford-Brown and Jeffery Arnold -- How to move quickly to risk-based environmental management: a specific proposal / William V. Garetz. |
| Subject(s) |
Environmental risk assessment -- Congresses.
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| Alternate Author |
Cothern, C. Richard.
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