Risk Assessment for Environmental Health
Published on 20. February 2007
Book
Hardback
664 pages
978-0-7879-8319-2 (ISBN)
Description
Written by experts in the field, this important book provides an introduction to current risk assessment practices and procedures and explores the intrinsic complexities, challenges, and controversies associated with analysis of environmental health risks. Environmental Health Risk Assessment for Public Health offers 27 substantial chapters on risk-related topics that include:* What Is Risk and Why Study Risk Assessment* The Risk Assessment-Risk Management Paradigm* Risk Assessment and Regulatory Decision-Making in Environmental Health* Toxicological Basis of Risk Assessment* The Application of PBPK Modeling to Risk Assessment* Probabilistic Models to Characterize Aggregate and Cumulative Risk* Molecular Basis of Risk Assessment* Comparative Risk Assessment* Occupational Risk* Radiological Risk Assessment* Microbial Risk Assessment* Children's Risk Assessment* Life Cycle Risk* Environmental Laws and Regulations* Precautionary Principles* Risk Communication
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 238 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 48 mm
Weight
1238 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7879-8319-2 (9780787983192)
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Mark G. Robson | William A. Toscano
Risk Assessment for Environmental Health
E-Book
03/2007
Jossey-Bass
€64.99
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Persons
Mark G. Robson, Ph.D., M.P.H., is director of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station and profesor of entomology at Rutgers University, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, New Brunswick, New Jersey. William A. Toscano, Ph.D., is professor and division head, Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH), sponsor, is the only national organization representing the deans, faculty, and students of the CEPH accredited schools of Public Health in the United States and Mexico.
Content
Figures, Tables, and Exhibits. Preface. About the Editors. About the Contributors. 1 Introduction to Risk Assessment in Public Health (Mark Robson and Fred Ellerbusch). 2 The Risk Assessment-Risk Management Paradigm (Gilbert S. Omenn). 3 Risk Assessment and Regulatory Decision Making in Environmental Health (Felicia Wu and William H. Farland). 4 Toxicological Basis for Risk Assessment (Tee L. Guidotti and Marina S. Moses). 5 The Application of Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) Modeling to Risk Assessment (Raymond S. H. Yang and Yasong Lu). 6 Probabilistic Models for Characterizing Aggregate and Cumulative Risk (John L. Adgate and Gurumurthy Ramachandran). 7 Molecular Tools for Risk Assessment (William A. Toscano and Chisato Mori). 8 Comparative Risk Assessment (Michele Morrone). 9 Risk in the Workplace: Where Analysis Began and Problems Remain Unsolved (Adam M. Finkel and P. Barry Ryan). 10 Radiological Risk Assessment (Ronald O. Rahn and Arthur C. Upton). 11 Microbial Risk Assessment (Rebecca T. Parkin). 12 Children's Risk Assessment (Natalie C. G. Freeman). 13 Biological Monitoring of Exposure to Environmental Chemicals Throughout the Life Stages: Requirements and Issues to Consider for Birth Cohort Studies (Dana B. Barr, Richard Y. Wang, and Larry L. Needham). 14 Overview of Environmental Public Health Laws and Their Relation to Risk (Russellyn S. Carruth and Bernard D. Goldstein). 15 Why Risk Assessment Is Not Enough to Protect Health: Rationale for a Precautionary Approach to Science and Policy (Joel A. Tickner). 16 Risk Communication (Susan L. Santos). CASE STUDIES IN RISK ASSESSMENT. 17 Improvement of Risk Assessments for Multicontaminant Sites in the Face of Critical Data Gaps (Yoram Cohen and Adrienne Katner). 18 Intraspecies Differences in Acute Acrylonitrile Toxicity (Gwendolyn Ball, Clif McLellan, and Lori Bestervelt). 19 Drinking Water Contamination by Perchlorates from Department of Defense Rocket Fuel Facilities (Terry Gratton and Norman Trieff). 20 Multi-Pathway Risk Assessment for Children Living Near a Hazardous Waste Site (Serap Erdal). 21 Child with Asthma Living in a Moisture-Damaged Home (Myrtis Sullivan). 22 Endocrine Disruption Through Phthalates/Plasticizers (Christine Ziebold). 23 Estimation of Health and Safety Risks from Exposure to Chlorine and Chloroform for Swimmers in Pools (Richard P. Hubner). 24 U-Shaped Dose-Response Curve for Risk Assessment of Essential Trace Elements: Copper as a Case Study (Bonnie Ransom Stern). 25 Ecosystem Risk Assessment: The Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina (Craig A. Stow, Mark E. Borsuk, and Kenneth H. Reckhow). 26 The Ohio Comparative Risk Project (Michele Morrone). 27 Community-Based Risk Assessment: DDT Contamination in Triana, Alabama (Padma Tadi-Uppala). Name Index. Subject Index.