Risk assessment's new era - part 2: evolving methods and future directions

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• Personal Author:
  Dotson, G. Scott ; Maier A ; Williams PRD
• Description:
  For more than three decades, health practitioners and regulatory agencies have used risk assessment methods to characterize health risks. Risk assessment is the process of determining the likelihood and severity of health risk to an individual or population from exposure to a chemical or other stressor.1,2 Evolving methods and advances in science and technology offer several opportunities for improving risk assessment and its application to occupational settings. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Risk Assessment Safety
• Keywords:
  Analytical-processes Biological-effects Exposure-assessment Health-hazards Industrial-hygiene Industrial-hygiene-programs Risk-analysis
• ISSN:
  1066-7660
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  46-48
• Volume:
  23
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20040872
• Citation:
  Synergist 2012 May; 23(5):46-48
• Contact Point Address:
  Pamela Williams, ScD, E Risk Sciences, LLP, Boulder, CO
• Email:
  pwilliams@erisksciences.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  The Synergist
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c7a991fd53230597b4bec82ab6517eff63514f07b50b96ea936c00065822ca46bb5c65cedcb17486ba887ece085d0537f97e38fe99f48be07cbc588e7fb9f2e3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/193584/cdc_193584_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 882.96 KB ]