The objectives of this chapter are to provide an introduction to the basics of risk
characterization. The areas of risk characterization covered in this chapter include: an …

Regulatory decisions should be made in the most expert and informed way since they are
precipitated by real and perceived threats to human health, under the glare of public …

Health and environmental risk assessment is a relatively new field. It is being developed
along diverse fronts by experts in distinct disciplines including epidemiology, toxicology …

Risk management decisions in public health require consideration of a number of complex,
often conflicting factors. The aim of this review was to propose a set of 10 fundamental …

This paper has been reviewed by the Office of Health and Environmental Assessment, US
Environmental Protection Agency, and approved for publication. Approval does not signify …

Much has already been written about risk assessment. Epidemiologists write books on how
risk assessment is used to explore the factors that influence the distribution of disease in …

Toxicology is an integral part of the risk assessment process. In this book, investigators from
the scientific and regulatory communities describe recent technical developments in risk …

In recent years, risk assessment has been a matter of growing interest and concern among
toxicologists and health specialists, as well as in the media and among environmental …

Toxicology is a broad-based discipline that is changing and expanding continually in order
to meet the challenges posed by the daily human and ecological exposure to chemicals and …

To analyze and manage risk an approach or framework is required, defining what risk is,
and guiding how risk should be assessed and handled. Many such approaches and …