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050 00 TD193.5|b.C66 1993 
245 00 Comparative environmental risk assessment /|cedited by C. 
       Richard Cothern. 
260    Boca Raton :|bLewis Publishers,|cc1993. 
300    317 p. :|bill., maps ;|c25 cm. 
500    Based on a symposium held on Aug. 28, 1991 in New York 
       City. 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  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. 
505 0  (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. 
650  0 Environmental risk assessment|xCongresses. 
700 1  Cothern, C. Richard.