LEADER 03668nam 22005895 450 001 9910968883203321 005 20250811105018.0 010 $a1-4899-1216-9 024 7 $a10.1007/978-1-4899-1216-9 035 $a(CKB)2660000000025165 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001006836 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11570926 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001006836 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10935415 035 $a(PQKB)11766830 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-4899-1216-9 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3087049 035 $a(EXLCZ)992660000000025165 100 $a20130530d1993 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRisk Assessment Methods $eApproaches for Assessing Health and Environmental Risks /$fby V.T. Covello, M.W. Merkhoher 205 $a1st ed. 1993. 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cSpringer US :$cImprint: Springer,$d1993. 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 319 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-306-44382-1 311 0 $a1-4899-1218-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1 Introduction to Risk Assessment -- 2 Release Assessment -- 3 Exposure Assessment -- 4 Consequence Assessment -- 5 Risk Estimation -- 6 An Evaluation of the State of the Art -- References. 330 $aMuch has already been written about risk assessment. Epidemiologists write books on how risk assessment is used to explore the factors that influence the distribution of disease in populations of people. Toxicologists write books on how risk assess­ ment involves exposing animals to risk agents and concluding from the results what risks people might experience if similarly exposed. Engineers write books on how risk assessment is utilized to estimate the risks of constructing a new facility such as a nuclear power plant. Statisticians write books on how risk assessment may be used to analyze mortality or accident data to determine risks. There are already many books on risk assessment-the trouble is that they all seem to be about different sUbjects! This book takes another approach. It brings together all the methods for assessing risk into a common framework, thus demonstrating how the various methods relate to one another. This produces four important benefits: ? First, it provides a comprehensive reference for risk assessment. This one source offers readers concise explanations of the many methods currently available for describing and quantifying diverse types of risks. ? Second, it consistently evaluates and compares available risk assessment methods and identifies their specific strengths and limitations. Understand­ ing the limitations of risk assessment methods is important. The field is still in its infancy, and the problems with available methods are disappoint­ ingly numerous. At the same time, risk assessment is being used. 606 $aEnvironmental management 606 $aPublic health 606 $aEnvironmental Management 606 $aPublic Health 615 0$aEnvironmental management. 615 0$aPublic health. 615 14$aEnvironmental Management. 615 24$aPublic Health. 676 $a333.7 700 $aCovello$b Vincent T$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0119333 702 $aMerkhofer$b Miley W.$f1947-$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910968883203321 996 $aRisk Assessment Methods$94430429 997 $aUNINA