Asante-Duah, Kofi
Public Health Risk Assessment for Human Exposure to Chemicals
Part I. Problem Diagnosis: A General Overview of the Origins and Nature of Chemical Exposure Problems
1. Introduction
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2. Anatomical and Physiological Perspectives on Human Exposure to Chemicals
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3. Archetypical Chemical Exposure Problems
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Part II. A Public Health Risk Assessment Taxonomy: Nomenclatural Components, Concepts, Principles, and Evaluation Strategies
4. Principles and Concepts in Risk Assessment
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5. Attributes of a Public Health Risk Assessment
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6. General Basic Planning Considerations for a Chemical Exposure Characterization Activity
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Part III. A Risk Assessment Framework and Paradigm for Chemical Exposure Problems
7. Principal Elements of a Public Health Risk Assessment for Chemical Exposure Problems
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8. Chemical Hazard Determination
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9. Exposure Assessment: Analysis of Human Intake of Chemicals
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10. Determination of Chemical Toxicity
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11. Chemical Risk Characterization
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12. Uncertainty and Variability Issues in Public Health Risk Evaluation
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Part IV. Development of Public Health Risk Management Strategies for Human Exposure to Chemicals
13. Determination of ‘Acceptable’ and ‘Safe’ Levels for Human Exposure to Chemicals
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14. Designing Public Health Risk Management Programs
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15. Utility of Risk Assessment in Public Health Policy Decisions
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Keywords: Environment, Environmental Health, Water and Health, Ecotoxicology, Public Health, Environmental Chemistry, Cancer Research
- Author(s)
- Asante-Duah, Kofi
- Publisher
- Springer
- Publication year
- 2017
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2017
- Series
- Environmental Pollution
- Page amount
- 21 pages
- Category
- Natural Sciences
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9789402410396
- Printed ISBN
- 978-94-024-1037-2