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2010
Exposure of humans to contaminated sites may result in many types of health damage ranging from relatively innocent symptoms such as skin eruption or nausea, on up to cancer or even death. Human health protection is considered as a major protection target, both by decision-makers as well as by the general public.
Swartjes, FA, Cornelis, C
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Exposure of humans to contaminated sites may result in many types of health damage ranging from relatively innocent symptoms such as skin eruption or nausea, on up to cancer or even death. Human health protection is considered as a major protection target, both by decision-makers as well as by the general public.
Swartjes, FA, Cornelis, C
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Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 1993
In the United States the hazards posed by chemicals are often enormously exaggerated. In "calculating" risks of human cancer and establishing regulations, the United States Environmental Protection Agency makes a series of "conservative" assumptions that have no sound scientific basis. In consequence, trillions of dollars could be wasted. Exaggerations
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In the United States the hazards posed by chemicals are often enormously exaggerated. In "calculating" risks of human cancer and establishing regulations, the United States Environmental Protection Agency makes a series of "conservative" assumptions that have no sound scientific basis. In consequence, trillions of dollars could be wasted. Exaggerations
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Uncertainty in health risk assessments
Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 1990Considerable scientific evidence has accumulated in the area of risk assessment. Using physiologically based pharmacokinetic models and biologically based dose-response models, more precise estimates of risk are becoming available. Uncertainty analysis performed at three steps of the process will enhance a clearer understanding of the assumptions being
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Risk Assessment and Child Health
Pediatrics, 2004Risk assessment, an approach for organizing information about hazards to health, safety, and the environment, provides a framework for gauging the threat to child health from environmental pollutants. A qualitative risk assessment has 4 components: hazard identification, dose-response assessment, exposure assessment, and risk characterization.
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2008
Abstract Epidemiological studies usually result in estimates of the quantitative associations between environmental factors and health in humans. These risk functions–the odds ratio (OR), relative risk (RR), or a regression coefficient–are not of direct public health relevance.
Nino KüNzli, Laura Perez
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Abstract Epidemiological studies usually result in estimates of the quantitative associations between environmental factors and health in humans. These risk functions–the odds ratio (OR), relative risk (RR), or a regression coefficient–are not of direct public health relevance.
Nino KüNzli, Laura Perez
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Risk and Risk Assessment in Health Emergency Management
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 2005AbstractThis article considers the critical roles of risk and risk assessment in the management of health emergencies and disasters. The Task Force on Quality Control of Disaster Management (TFQCDM) has defined risk as the “objective (mathematical) or subjective (inductive) probability that something negative will occur (happen)”.
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Assessing Environmental Health Risk in the Home
Nurse Educator, 2005The Environmental Health Risk Appraisal instrument simultaneously teaches students observational techniques of home visiting and environmental health risk assessment skills. Used in a community health nursing course, the authors describe how the instrument was integrated into clinical experiences and a comprehensive family analysis written assignment.
Nancy, Sweeney, Ann, de Peyster
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A Model for Risk Assessment in Health Care
2016The purpose of our research is to reduce risks and hence prevent errors in the health care process. The aim is to design an organizational information model using error prevention methods for risk assessment in a clinical setting. The model is based on selected indicators of quality nursing care, resulting from the world-known theoretical and practical
Vesna Prijatelj +2 more
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SPE International Conference on Health, Safety and Environment in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production, 2000
Abstract A Health Risk Assessment is a process used to determine if health hazards potentially affect workers or the public. This can be basic, initial assessment as part of routine work planning and execution, or they can be structured assessments that evaluate and prioritize potential health risks.
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Abstract A Health Risk Assessment is a process used to determine if health hazards potentially affect workers or the public. This can be basic, initial assessment as part of routine work planning and execution, or they can be structured assessments that evaluate and prioritize potential health risks.
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Role of Epidemiology in Health Risk Assessment
1990Human health risk assessment has been the object of systematic study in recent years, with formal models of risk assessment and risk management having been proposed by several national and international health agencies. The particular model developed by the Environmental Health Directorate of Health and Welfare Canada was examined in some detail and ...
D, Krewski +3 more
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