Quantitative Risk Assessment for Environmental and Occupational Health / Edition 2

by William H. Hallenbeck

Overview

Quantitative Risk Assessment for Environmental and Occupational Health, Second Edition features twice as many risk analysis models with complete examples as the previous edition. The book features new information in the following areas:

Calculation of human dose rate and dose from experimental studies (animal and human)

Quantitation of response

Tests of significance

Calculation of excess risk

Calculation of confidence limits on excess risk

Individual and group excess risk

Conversion of risk factor units

Acceptable concentrations
Quantitative Risk Assessment for Environmental and Occupational Health, Second Edition will be an essential risk assessment reference for industrial hygienists, environmental scientists and engineers, toxicologists, epidemiologists, attorneys, regulatory officials, and manufacturers and users of chemicals.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780873718011
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/09/1993
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	238
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

1. Exposure Characterization 2. Qualitative Evaluation of Human and Animal Studies 3. Quantitative Evaluation of Human and Animal Studies 4. Risk Analysis 5. Acceptable Concentrations 6. Example- Environmental and Occupational Exposure to a Hypothetical Industrial Toxicant 7. Example- Environmental Exposure to a Natural Toxicant, Radon-222 and its Daughters

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