Environmental risk assessment : a toxicological approach / Ted Simon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simon, Ted.

Contributor:

CRCnetBASE.

Biomedical Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental risk assessment.

Public health.

Environmental toxicology.

Risk Assessment.

Environmental Pollution--adverse effects.

Ecotoxicology.

Medical Subjects:

Risk Assessment.

Environmental Pollution--adverse effects.

Ecotoxicology.

Local Subjects:

Environmental risk assessment.

Environmental toxicology.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (408 pages)

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2014]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The purpose of risk assessment is to support science-based decisions about how to solve complex societal problems. Indeed, the problems humankind faces in the twenty-first century have many social, political, and technical complexities. Environmental risk assessment in particular is of increasing importance as a means of seeking to address the potential effects of chemicals in the environment in both the developed and developing world.

Contents:

Preface; Author; Chapter 1 Introduction to Risk Assessment with a Nod to History; Chapter 2 Perception, Planning and Scoping, Problem Formulation, and Hazard Identification: All Parts of Risk Assessment; Chapter 3 Exposure Assessment; Chapter 4 Dose-Response Assessment; Chapter 5 Risk Characterization; Chapter 6 Ecological Risk Assessment; Chapter 7 Future of Risk Assessment; Appendix A: Useful Methods and Algorithms for Probabilistic Risk Assessment.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Biomedical Library Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Simon, Ted. Environmental Risk Assessment : A Toxicological Approach.

ISBN:

9781466598300

1466598301

OCLC:

868488549

Access Restriction:

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