Quantitative Risk Assessment for Environmental and Occupational Health

by Hallenbeck; William H.

• ISBN13: 9780873718011
• ISBN10: 0873718011
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781040174319
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-06-09
• Publisher: CRC Press
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Summary

Quantitative Risk Assessment for Environmental and Occupational Health, Second Edition features twice as many risk analysis models with complete examples as the previous edition. The book features new information in the following areas: Calculation of human dose rate and dose from experimental studies (animal and human) Quantitation of response Tests of significance Calculation of excess risk Calculation of confidence limits on excess risk Individual and group excess risk Conversion of risk factor units Acceptable concentrations Quantitative Risk Assessment for Environmental and Occupational Health, Second Edition will be an essential risk assessment reference for industrial hygienists, environmental scientists and engineers, toxicologists, epidemiologists, attorneys, regulatory officials, and manufacturers and users of chemicals.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Qualitative Evaluation of Human and Animal Studies	p. 11
Quantitative Evaluation of Human and Animal Studies	p. 33
Risk Analysis	p. 63
Acceptable Concentrations	p. 105
Example: Environmental and Occupational Exposure to a Hypothetical Industrial Toxicant	p. 127
References	p. 143
Appendix 1 Glossary of Terms, Abbreviations, and Acronyms	p. 149
Appendix 2 U.S. FDA Risk Analysis Method for Carcinogens	p. 157
Appendix 3 Equations	p. 159
Appendix 4 Lower and Upper 98% Confidence Limits for a Binomial Variable	p. 179
Index	p. 221
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