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COMPONENTS OF THE 1983 FRAMEWORK
Pages 249-250

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... . Risk assessment was defined as "the characterization of the potential adverse health effects of human exposures to environmental hazards." The overall scheme and terminology proposed in the 1983 report entailed hazard identification, dose-response assessment, exposure assessment, and risk characterization.
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... Please use the print version of this publication as the authoritative version for attribution.ASSESSMENT REVISION OF 1983 FRAMEWORK TO INCORPORATE ECOLOGICAL RISK FIGURE 3-1 Elements of risk assessment and risk management.
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  • exposure assessment
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  • human health

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  • agent administered
  • exposure intensity
  • estimating hypothetical
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