Science and decisions [[electronic resource] ] : advancing risk assessment / / Committee on Improving Risk Analysis Approaches Used by the U.S. EPA, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: xviii, 403 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 361.1
• Soggetto topico: Environmental risk assessment - United States; Technology - Risk assessment - United States; Health risk assessment - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Evolution and use of risk assessment in the environmental protection agency : current practice and future prospects -- The design of risk assessments -- Uncertainty and variability : the recurring and recalcitrant elements of risk assessment -- Toward a unified approach to dose-response assessment -- Selection and use of defaults -- Implementing cumulative risk assessment -- Improving the utility of risk assessment -- Toward improved risk-based decision-making.
• Titolo autorizzato: Science and decisions
• ISBN: 1-282-08354-6; 9786612083549; 0-309-12047-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454532803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II