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9780195042856

Epidemiology and Health Risk Assessment

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  • ISBN13:

    9780195042856

  • ISBN10:

    0195042859

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1988-03-24
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

This book brings together over 30 distinguished contributors from the fields of epidemiology and public health to evaluate the role of epidemiology in health risk analysis. Speaking with authority from academic, governmental and industry experience, the authors offer a timely evaluation of environmental and occupational health hazards. The topics covered include air pollution, asbestos, ionizing radiation, saccharine, leukemia, and petroleum products.

Table of Contents

Overview of Health Risk Assessment
Epidemiology and Environmental Hazards
The Scientific Basis for Policy Decisions
Epidemiology and Risk Assessment
Toxicology and Epidemiology--Strengths and Limitations
Contribution of Epidemiology to Health Risk Assessment
Estimating Risk and Inferring Causality in Epidemiology
Developmental Risks: Epidemiologic Advances in Health Assessment
Asbestos and Cancer
Genetic Susceptibility and the Estimation of Risk
Refining Epidemiologic Approaches to Assessment of Exposure
Issues in the Measurement of Exposure
Exposure Measurement for Air Pollution Epidemiology
Measurement of Exposure to Arsenic in the Occupational Setting
Relation of Body Burden Measures to Ambient Measures
Relation of Surrogate Measures to Measures of Exposure
Molecular Cancer Epidemiology: The Use of New Laboratory Methods in Studies of Human Cancer Causation
Quantitative Expression of Risk
Approaches to Quantitative Expression of Dose- Response Relationships
Time and Latency Considerations in the Quantitative Assessment of Risk
Quantification of Risk in Defined Populations
Evaluation of Epidemiologic Information
Combining Animal and Human Data: Resolving Conflicts, Summarizing the Evidence
Saccharin and Bladder Cancer
Estrogens and Breast Cancer
Leukemia Risks in Relation to Benzene Exposures: An Examination of the Data
The Influence of Theoretical and Experimental Radiobiology on the Epidemiology of Radiation Carcinogenesis
Soft Water/Hard Arteries: An Interpretation of Ecologic Findings
Circumstances of Exposure and Reproductive Consequences
Evaluation of Epidemiologic Information
Conclusion
Risk Assessment and Public Policy
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