(Health risk assessment on environmental, occupational, and life style hazards)

Technical Report · Tue Jan 10 04:00:00 EST 1989

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7098522· OSTI ID:7098522

Lu, Po-Yung

The traveler was invited to visit NIHS, Tokyo, Japan, to give a lecture to the NIHS staff; traveler then participated in the Symposium on Health Risk Assessment on Environmental, Occupational, and Life Style Hazards, Taipei, Taiwan. Recommendations of the symposium were summarized as: to establish a research institution for risk assessment on environmental, occupational, and life style hazards; to establish a comprehensive data base for risk assessment associated with the above discipline for further information analysis; to establish public confidence through the risk assessment practice advisory committee to ensure scientific technical expertise; and to communicate the results of risk assessments through mass media and enhance public awareness of environmental contamination and associated social and economic impacts.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/ER
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 7098522
• Report Number(s): ORNL/FTR-3157; ON: DE90012390
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ECONOMIC IMPACT
ENVIRONMENT
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