What risk?

What risk?

by Bate, Roger

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Title Statements

  • Full title :What risk? / edited by Roger Bate.

Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©1997
  • Edition:Revised

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The Physical Object

  • Description:xxiv, 328 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0750642289, 9780750642286
  • oclc:ocm41450093
  • LC Classification:RA1226
  • Dewey Decimal:363.1

Table of Contents

I. Methodology. 1. Thresholds for carcinogens: a review of the relevant science and its implications for regulatory policy / James D. Wilson. 2. Biases introduced by confounding and imperfect retrospective and prospective exposure assessments / Alvan R. Feinstein. 3. Problems with very low dose risk evaluation: the case of asbestos / Etienne Fournier and Marie-Louise Efthymiou -- II. Science. 4. Benzene and leukaemia / J. Munby and D.F. Weetman. 5. Is environmental tobacco smoke a risk factor for lung cancer? / Robert Nilsson. 6. Beneficial ionizing radiation / Zbigniew Jaworowski. 7. Pollution, pesticides and cancer misconceptions / Bruce N. Ames and Lois S. Gold. 8. Interpretation of epidemiological studies with modestly elevated relative risks / Goran Pershagen. 9. The risks of dioxin to human health / Hans E. Müller -- III. Science policy. 10. Public policy and public health: coping with potential medical disaster / B.M. Craven and G.T. Stewart. 11. How are decisions taken by governments on environmental issues? / David Everest -- IV. Commentaries. 12. Should we trust science? / Terence Kealey. 13. The proper role of science in determining low-dose hazard, and appropriate poli…

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Subjects

Écotoxicologie Environmental Pollutants -- adverse eff… Environmental toxicology Évaluation du risque Health risk assessment Health Status Indicators Occupational health and safety Pays occidentaux Politique scientifique risk assessment Risques pour la santé -- Évaluation Risques sanitaires Santé publique

Writers

Bate, Roger

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