Assessment and management of chemical risks : based on a symposium sponsored by the Division of Chemical Health and Safety at the 184th Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Kansas City, Missouri, September 12-17, 1982 /

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Corporate Authors: American Chemical Society. Division of Chemical Health and Safety, American Chemical Society. Meeting
Other Authors: Tardiff, Robert G., Rodricks, Joseph V., 1938-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : ACS, 1984.
Series:ACS symposium series ; 239
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents: Conceptual basis for risk assessment / Joseph V. Rodricks and Robert G. Tardiff
  • Use of toxicity test data in the estimation of risks to human health / Norton Nelson
  • Interspecies extrapolation / Daniel B. Menzel and Elaine D. Smolko
  • Basic concepts of the dose-response relationship / Robert Snyder
  • High- to low-dose extrapolation in animals / Charles C. Brown
  • Legal considerations in risk assessment under federal regulatory statutes / Peter Barton Hutt
  • Inter-risk comparisons / E.A.C. Crouch and Richard Wilson
  • Uncertainty and quantitative assessment in risk management / M. Granger Morgan
  • Use of risk assessment and safety evaluation / Virgil O. Wodicka
  • The need for risk assessment of chemicals in corporate decision making / Fred Hoerger
  • Chemical industry perspectives on regulatory impact analysis / Rene D. Zentner.