Cancer Risk Assessment

A Quantitative Approach

Samuel C. Morris (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

416 Seiten

1990
Crc Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8247-8239-9 (ISBN)

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Based on the National Academy of Sciences approach to quantitative risk assessment. Emphasizes how an accurate assessment of cancer risk must draw on a wide range of disciplines, such as biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, and the social sciences. Provides tables of Poisson confidence limit fa

Morris/, Samuel C.

Preface -- I. INTRODUCTION -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Human Cancer Situation -- 3. Hazard Identification -- II. EXPOSURE AND DOSE ASSESSMENT -- 4. Exposure Assessment: General Issues -- 5. Measurement of Exposure and Dose -- 6. Modeling Exposure -- 7. Pharmacokinetics -- III. DOSE-RESPONSE ASSESSMENT -- 8. Toxicology -- 9. Mouse to Man: Extrapolation from Animals -- 10. Quick Methods: Structure-Activity Relationships and Short-Term Bioassay -- 11. Epidemiology -- 12. Combined Approaches to Dose-Response: Putting It All Together -- IV. RISK CHARACTERIZATION AND IMPLICATIONS -- 13. Characterization of Uncertainty -- 14. Risk Characterization, Communication, and Perception -- 15. Quality Assurance, Validation, and Peer Review -- 16. Implications for Risk Management -- 17. Future Directions for Quantitative Health Risk Analysis -- Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	12.6.1990
Reihe/Serie	Occupational Safety and Health
Verlagsort	Bosa Roca
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	725 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft
ISBN-10	0-8247-8239-9 / 0824782399
ISBN-13	978-0-8247-8239-9 / 9780824782399
Zustand	Neuware