The risk assessment of environmental and human hazards
Book
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OSTI ID:5925009
A complete handbook for conducting risk assessments for environmental and occupational health hazards. This casebook, the first of its kind, presents 22 case studies, including many of the most important and thorough risk assessments ever conducted. Describes state-of-the-art approaches to assessing the low-dose response, estimating exposure, and evaluating the risks to birds and fish. Serves as a how-to-text, as well as a reference for developing high-quality environmental and human health risk assessments. Covers diverse hazards, such as waste sites; contaminated air, soil, and water; consumer products; and indoor air. All assessments are fully documented and referenced.
- OSTI ID:
- 5925009
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Health
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Terrestrial-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
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99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
ABSTRACTS
AIR POLLUTION
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DOCUMENT TYPES
DOSE RATES
ENVIRONMENT
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HUMAN POPULATIONS
LAND POLLUTION
LEADING ABSTRACT
MANUALS
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE
POLLUTION
POPULATIONS
RISK ASSESSMENT
SOILS
WATER POLLUTION