Science and decisions : advancing risk assessment / / Committee on Improving Risk Analysis Approaches Used by the U.S. EPA, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.

• Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Improving Risk Analysis Approaches Used by the U.S. EPA.
• TeilnehmendeR: National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology.; National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Earth and Life Studies.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xviii, 403 p. :; ill.

Table of Contents

• Evolution and use of risk assessment in the environmental protection agency : current practice and future prospects
• The design of risk assessments
• Uncertainty and variability : the recurring and recalcitrant elements of risk assessment
• Toward a unified approach to dose-response assessment
• Selection and use of defaults
• Implementing cumulative risk assessment
• Improving the utility of risk assessment
• Toward improved risk-based decision-making.