Introduction | p. 1 |
From Scientific Analysis to Risk Policy | |
Risk Assessment and Risk Communication for Electromagnetic Fields: A World Health Organization Perspective | p. 13 |
Characterizing Evidence and Policy Making | p. 25 |
Making Sense of Conflicting Data: Evidence Characterization in Different Research Areas | p. 35 |
Basic Principles and Evidence Characterization of the Data from Genetox Investigations | p. 37 |
Animal Studies | p. 55 |
Epidemiology | p. 67 |
Principles and Practice of Evidence Characterization in Environmental Clinical Case Studies | p. 81 |
Making Sense of Conflicting Data: Procedures for Characterizing Evidence | p. 91 |
Characterizing Evidence with Evidence-based Medicine | p. 93 |
The IARC Monographs' Approach to Characterizing Evidence | p. 101 |
The Swiss Health Risk Approach | p. 111 |
Procedures for Characterizing Evidence: German Commission on Radiation Protection | p. 121 |
Lessons from the California Electromagnetic Field Risk Assessment of 2002 | p. 131 |
Evidence Maps - A Tool for Summarizing and Communicating Evidence in Risk Assessment | p. 151 |
Psychological and Ethical Aspects in Dealing With Conflicting Data and Uncertainty | p. 161 |
Perception of Uncertainty and Communication about unclear Risks | p. 163 |
Ethical Guidance for Dealing with Unclear Risk | p. 185 |
Practical Implications | p. 203 |
Lessons Learned: Recommendations for Communicating Conflicting Evidence for Risk Characterization | p. 205 |
Index | p. 215 |
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