Uncertainty in Risk Assessment: Current Efforts and Future Hopes

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• Personal Author:
  Bailar JC ; Bailer AJ ; Bailar JC ; Bailer AJ
• Description:
  The incorporation of sampling variability in estimates of excess risk has been part of risk assessment practice for decades. Currently, there is a strong desire to incorporate understanding of biological mechanisms into the models used for exposure assessment and exposure-response modeling. In addition, representing population heterogeneity in the assessment of risks and the identification of sensitive subpopulations is of great concern. Finally, the communication of uncertainty and variability remains a challenge to risk assessors. Based upon the presentations of workshop faculty, a summary of current practice when addressing uncertainty together with conjectures concerning future challenges for addressing uncertainty, are presented. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Analytical-methods Analytical-processes Exposure-assessment Risk-analysis Risk-factors Statistical-analysis
• ISBN:
  9781573312363
• ISSN:
  0077-8923
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article ; Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; New York ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EID - Education and Information Division ; EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  367-372
• Volume:
  895
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20027414
• Citation:
  Ann NY Acad Sci 1999 Dec; 895(1):367-372
• Contact Point Address:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Education and Information Division, Risk Evaluation Branch, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, USA
• Email:
  ajbailer@muohio.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2000
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:25b4b3613977ba47720f1dce1c72297b83b77bea24ba97b57c2353b5bd6ef2f76f157da28ea6aad1b91c9f968808855d0d7d26826b062f144623c0e78cbbe8ae
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/197568/cdc_197568_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 43.11 KB ]