Risk assessment in the federal government : managing the process /

The regulation of potentially hazardous substances has become a controversial issue. This volume evaluates efforts to develop and use risk assessment guidelines, reviews the experience of regulatory agencies with different administrative arrangements for risk assessment, and evaluates various propos...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Institutional Means for Assessment of Risks to Public Health
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1983.
Temas:
Cancer > United States > Prevention > Decision making.
Health planning > United States > Decision making.
Health risk assessment.
Environmentally induced diseases > United States > Prevention.
Threshold limit values (Industrial toxicology)
Probabilities.
Risk.
Environmental Exposure
Environmental Pollutants > adverse effects
Government Agencies
Maximum Allowable Concentration
Probability
Risk
Health Status Indicators
Decision making.
Health hazards.
Risk assessment.
Environmental factors.
Cancer > États-Unis > Prévention > Prise de décision.
Santé publique > Planification > États-Unis > Prise de décision.
Risques pour la santé > Évaluation.
Exposition (Toxicologie)
Limites d'exposition professionnelle (Toxicologie)
Probabilités.
Risque.
probability.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Affairs & Administration.
Analyse des risques.
Commissions de contrôle.
Santé publique.
Cancer > Prevention > Decision making.
Environmentally induced diseases > Prevention.
Health planning > Decision making.
Kanker.
Gezondheid.
Risicoanalyse.
Overheidsbeleid.
United States
Etats-Unis d'Amérique.
United States.
Verenigde Staten.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The regulation of potentially hazardous substances has become a controversial issue. This volume evaluates efforts to develop and use risk assessment guidelines, reviews the experience of regulatory agencies with different administrative arrangements for risk assessment, and evaluates various proposals to modify procedures.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 191 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-189).
ISBN:0585024774
9780585024776

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