Cancer Risk Assessment: A Quantitative Approach

by Samuel C. Morris

Overview

Based on the National Academy of Sciences approach to quantitative risk assessment. Emphasizes how an accurate assessment of cancer risk must draw on a wide range of disciplines, such as biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, and the social sciences. Provides tables of Poisson confidence limit fa

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781000147513
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	07/24/2020
Series:	Occupational Safety and Health
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	416
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Morris\, Samuel C.

Table of Contents

Preface -- I. INTRODUCTION -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Human Cancer Situation -- 3. Hazard Identification -- II. EXPOSURE AND DOSE ASSESSMENT -- 4. Exposure Assessment: General Issues -- 5. Measurement of Exposure and Dose -- 6. Modeling Exposure -- 7. Pharmacokinetics -- III. DOSE-RESPONSE ASSESSMENT -- 8. Toxicology -- 9. Mouse to Man: Extrapolation from Animals -- 10. Quick Methods: Structure-Activity Relationships and Short-Term Bioassay -- 11. Epidemiology -- 12. Combined Approaches to Dose-Response: Putting It All Together -- IV. RISK CHARACTERIZATION AND IMPLICATIONS -- 13. Characterization of Uncertainty -- 14. Risk Characterization, Communication, and Perception -- 15. Quality Assurance, Validation, and Peer Review -- 16. Implications for Risk Management -- 17. Future Directions for Quantitative Health Risk Analysis -- Index.

Editorial Reviews

Based on the National Academy of Sciences approach to quantitative risk assessment. Emphasizes how an accurate assessment of cancer risk must draw on a wide range of disciplines, such as biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, and the social sciences. Provides tables of Poisson confidence limit factors for varying uncertainty levels, cancer incidence and mortality statistics for the US and the world, and a detailed summary of current practices and future trends in cancer risk assessment. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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