Measurement of Risks
| Other Authors: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York, NY
Springer US
1981, 1981
|
| Edition: | 1st ed. 1981 |
| Series: | Environmental Science Research
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | |
| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Problems and possibilities of determining the carcinogenic potency of inhalable fibrous dusts and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
- Session IV: Comparative Risks of Energy Sources
- Some probabilistic aspects of safety assessment
- What is the total risk of energy systems?
- Have the nuclear power risk assessors failed?
- Session V: Genetic and Cancer Hazards
- Cytogenetic bases for risk inference
- Problems and solutions in the estimation of genetic risks from radiation and chemicals
- Evaluation of genetic risks
- Session VI: Extrapolation to Low Doses
- Extrapolation from long term low dose animal studies -I. Review
- Extrapolation from long term low dose animal studies -II. The ED01 study
- The shapes of the radiation dose — mutation response curves in Drosophila: mechanisms and implications
- The cancer risk fromlow level radiation
- A simple threshold model for the classical bioassay problem
- The risks of measuring risk
- Session I: Statistical Inference of Risks
- The proper interpretation of significance tests in risk assessment
- Remarks on sequential designs in risk assessment
- Epidemiologic studies of toxic response — significance requirements
- Biological models in epidemiology: radiation carcinogenesis
- Session II: Risks of Prenatal Exposures
- Dose-response relationships for adult and prenatal exposures to methylmercury
- Risk factors for deficits in early cognitive development
- Utilization of critical periods during development to study the effects of low levels of environmental agents
- Epidemiologic studies of environmental exposures in human reproduction
- Session III: Risks of Contaminated Air and Drinking Water
- Health risks of lead as judged from autopsy material
- Use of tests of pulmonary function to measure effect of air pollutants
- Experimental evaluation of air pollutants in humans as a basis for estimating risk
- A biological basis for the linear non-threshold dose — response relationship for low-level carcinogen response
- Participants