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NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS · 2101 Constitution Ave., N.W. · Washington, D.C. 20418
NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competencies and with regard for appropriate balance. This report has been reviewed by a group other than the authors according to procedures approved by a Report Review Committee consisting of members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.
The project was supported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under contract CR818293-01-0.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Science and judgment in risk assessment / Committee on Risk Assessment
of Hazardous Air Pollutants, Board on Environmental Studies and
Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences., National Research Council.
p. cm
Includes bibliographal references and index.
ISBN 0-309-04894-X
1. Air—Pollution—Toxicology—United States—Statistical methods.
2. Health risk assessment—Statistical methods. I. National
Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Risk Assessment of Hazardous
Air Pollutants.
RA576.S365 1994
363.73'92'0973—dc20
94-17475
CIP
Copyright 1994 by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
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