Risk Assessment at the Crossroads of the 21st Century: Opportunities and Challenges for Research

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• Personal Author:
  Hattis D ; Stayner L ; Toraason M
• Description:
  Although one could say that assessing risks is as old as man, formalized human health risk assessment is a relatively new discipline that has largely developed as a result of environmental (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [USEPA]) and occupational regulations (Occupational Safety and Health Administration [OSHA]) that were adopted in the 1970s. Court decisions, such as the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on the OSHA benzene standard (Industrial Union Department v. American Petroleum Institute, 448 U.S. 607, 655 [1980]), have reinforced the requirements that these agencies make their best efforts to quantify risks and benefits when setting standards for protecting the public health. For better or worse, risk assessment has become a sine qua non for regulatory decision making in the U.S. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Animals Epidemiology Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Toxicology
• Keywords:
  Animal-studies Dose-response Employee-exposure Exposure-limits Health-standards Mathematical-models Occupational-exposure Occupational-health Quantitative-analysis Regulations Risk-analysis Risk-factors Toxic-dose

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• ISSN:
  1080-7039
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EID - Education and Information Division ; DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  8
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20022306
• Citation:
  Hum Ecol Risk Assess 2002 Oct; 8(6):1195-1202
• Contact Point Address:
  Leslie Stayner, Risk Evaluation Branch, Education and Information Division, NIOSH C15, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Human and Ecological Risk Assessment
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/199123/cdc_199123_DS1.pdf
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