Risk: assessment, acceptability and management

Technical Report · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:6562101

Risk assessment, particularly of risks to the public health resulting from government and industry decisions, is discussed. Cost/benefit analysis as applied to such situations as human deaths and the contracting of cancer by humans is discussed. The role of government regulations and standards is discussed.

• Research Organization: Library of Congress, Washington, DC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6562101
• Report Number(s): GPO-87-593
• Resource Relation: Other Information: GPO Prepared by Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress Rept. presented to the Subcomm. on Sci., Res. and Technol. Transmitted to the Comm. on Sci. and Technol., 97th Congr., 1st Sess., Nov. 1981
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
PUBLIC HEALTH
RISK ASSESSMENT
ACCIDENTS
AUTOMOBILES
CARCINOGENS
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
DEATH
DECISION MAKING
MANAGEMENT
NEOPLASMS
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
PROBABILITY
SAFETY
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
STANDARDS
TOXIC MATERIALS
DISEASES
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
MATERIALS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
POWER PLANTS
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
VEHICLES
552000* - Public Health