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Health and environmental risk assessment /
Process and input-output analysis have emerged as the two principal methods of analyzing health risks of energy technologies. This book describes applications and differences between these two methods with discussions of sources or error and uncertainty, data limitations and some solutions to common...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores Corporativos: | , |
| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Pergamon Press,
1985.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; Pergamon Titles of Related Interest; Copyright; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1: INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION TO INTRODUCTION; WHY RISK ANALYSIS?; SYSTEMIC ISSUES IN RISK ANALYSIS; THE BASIC BLOCKS OF RISK ANALYSIS; Chapter 2: ASSESSING HEALTH IMPACTS OF ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES: A UTILITY PERSPECTIVE; Publisher Summary; INTRODUCTION; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT SCENARIOS; DISCUSSION; 2: DATA AVAILABILITY AND QUALITY; Chapter 3: INTRODUCTION TO DATA AVAILABILITY AND QUALITY; Chapter 4: EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS
- Publisher SummaryFACTORS OF EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS; I-O TABLE; LABOR REQUIREMENTS; CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS; SUMMARY; Chapter 5: A GENERALIZED INPUT-OUTPUT MODEL FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY ANALYSIS: APPLICATION TO ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; Publisher Summary; INTRODUCTION; METHODS; ANALYSIS; DIRECTION FOR FURTHER RESEARCH; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Appendix DEFINITIONS OF THE 200 SECTORS IN THE INFORUM MODEL USING THE 1972 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION; Chapter 6: INPUT-OUTPUT COEFFICIENTS AND PROJECTIONS; Publisher Summary; INPUT-OUTPUT DATA BASE: NATIONAL BENCHMARKS
- THE INPUT-OUTPUT DATA BASE: OTHER SOURCESBLS APPLICATIONS OF INPUT-OUTPUT; CONCLUSIONS; 3: IMPACT MODELS; Chapter 7: INTRODUCTION TO IMPACT MODELS; Chapter 8: HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT MODELS IN QUANTITATIVE HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT: AN OVERVIEW; Publisher Summary; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE MODELS; DOSE-RESPONSE FORMULATIONS IN RISK ANALYSIS; CONCLUSIONS; Chapter 9: ESTIMATING PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS OF AIR POLLUTION AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; METHODS; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSIONS; 4: APPLICATIONS OF HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT METHODS
- Chapter 10: INTRODUCTION TO APPLICATIONS OF HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT METHODSChapter 11: HEALTH RISKS OF ENERGY PRODUCTION: THE PROCESS ANALYSIS APPROACH; Publisher Summary; INTRODUCTION; TECHNICAL ISSUES IN PERFORMING A PROCESS ANALYSIS OF ENERGY RISKS; A METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK FOR PROCESS ANALYSIS OF COMPARATIVE ENERGY RISKS; CASE STUDY EXAMPLES-OCCUPATIONAL RISK HISTORY AND LITERATURE; CONCLUSIONS; Chapter 12: A METHODOLOGY FOR COMPARING THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF ELECTRICITY GENERATION FROM URANIUM AND COAL FUELS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; STUDY BOUNDARIES; FORMAL METHODOLOGY
- ANALYTICAL PROCEDUREPRELIMINARY RESULTS; PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED; SUMMARY; Chapter 13: PROCESS ANALYSIS APPROACH TO HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AS EXEMPLIFIED BY ZINC/CHLORIDE STORAGE BATTERY TECHNOLOGY; Publisher Summary; PURPOSE OF ASSESSMENT; ASSESSMENT STRATEGY; THE ANALYTICAL ELEMENTS; ASSESSMENTS; OTHER CONSIDERATIONS; Chapter 14: USE OF INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS TO ESTIMATE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH IMPACTS OF ELECTRIC GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES; Publisher Summary; METHODS; Limitations on Generality.**; DATA SOURCES; RESULTS AND COMPARISON WITH OTHER STUDIES; CONCLUSIONS