Risk Assessment in the Federal Government:

Managing the Process

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Publication Year:1983

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Committee on the Institutional Means for Assessment of Risks to Public Health, National Research Council
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The regulation of potentially hazardous substances has become a controversial issue. This volume evaluates past efforts to develop and use risk assessment guidelines, reviews the experience of regulatory agencies with different administrative arrangements for risk assessment, and evaluates various proposals ...
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Front Matter	i-xiv
Summary	1-8	(skim)
Introduction	9-16	(skim)
1 The Nature of Risk Assessment	17-50	(skim)
2 Inference Guidelines for Risk Assessment	51-85	(skim)
3 Organizational Arrangements for Risk Assessment	86-149	(skim)
4 Recommendations	150-176	(skim)
Appendix A Background Information on Committee Members	177-180	(skim)
Appendix B Bibliography	181-190	(skim)
Appendix C Working Papers	191-192	(skim)

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The regulation of potentially hazardous substances has become a controversial issue. This volume evaluates past efforts to develop and use risk assessment guidelines, reviews the experience of regulatory agencies with different administrative arrangements for risk assessment, and evaluates various proposals to modify procedures. The book's conclusions and recommendations can be applied across the entire field of environmental health.

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Managing the Process

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