Chemical Risk Assessment and Occupational Health

Current Applications, Limitations, and Future Prospects
Herausgeber: Christiani, David C.; Smith, C. Mark; Kelsey, Karl T.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This work brings together the diverse findings of occupational health and risk assessment experts on the usefulness of risk assessment in the protection of worker health. Representatives from regulatory agencies, labour, industry and academia consider policy and technical issues.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 562g
• ISBN-13: 9780865692190
• ISBN-10: 086569219X
• Artikelnr.: 21629307

Autorenporträt

C. MARK SMITH is a Deputy Director, Office of Research and Standards, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. He is also a Visiting Lecturer, Occupational Health Program, Harvard School of Public Health. DAVID C. CHRISTIANI is Associate Professor of Occupational Medicine, Harvard School of Public Health and Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. KARL T. KELSEY is Associate Professor of Occupational Medicine and Associate Professor of Radiobiology, Harvard School of Public Health.

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Quantitative Risk
Assessment: A Tool to Be Used Responsibly by J. Donald Millar Introduction
Risk and the Workplace by C. Mark Smith, Karl T. Kelsey, and David
Christiani Current Applications of Risk Assessment Methods in the
Development of Occupational Regulations Risk Assessment and Occupational
Standard Setting by C. Mark Smith, Karl T. Kelsey, and David Christiani The
Role of Qualitative and Quantitative Risk Assessment in the Development of
Occupational Health Standards by Lawrence Reed, Leslie Stayner, Heinz
Ahlers, and Ralph Zumwalde The Application of Risk Assessment in the
Development of Health Standards by the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration by Charles Adkins and Ronald S. Ratney Risk Assessment in
Context: A Case Study of Risk Assessment for the Use of Diesel Powered
Equipment in Underground Coal Mines by James L. Weeks Methods and
Strategies for the Use of Epidemiologic Studies in Risk Assessment
Epidemiology and Risk by Richard Monson Methods for Modeling Epidemiologic
Data for Quantitative Risk Assessment by Leslie Stayner and Randy Smith
Epidemiology in Occupational Health Risk Assessment by M. Jane Teta Issues
in Using Human Data in Risk Assessment for Occupational Disease: Non-Cancer
Endpoints by Ellen A. Eisen and David H. Wegman Quantitative Examples of
Continuous Exposure Measurement Errors That Bias Risk Estimates Away from
the Null by James A. Deddens and Richard W. Hornung Animal Bioassay Data in
the Assessment of Risks to Worker Health Animal Bioassays and Predictive
Toxicology by Garreth M. Green Setting Priorities among Possible
Carcinogenic Hazards in the Workplace by Lois Swirsky Gold, Georganne
Backman Garfinkel, and Thomas H. Slone The Use of Laboratory Animal
Carcinogenicity Data in Occupational Risk Assessment by David P. Rall
Assessment of Carcinogenic Risks in the Workplace by Lauren Zeise
Statistical Issues in Developmental Toxicology by Paul J. Catalano and
Louise M. Ryan Use of Scientific Data on Mechanisms of Toxicity,
Toxicokinetics, and Biomarkers to Assess Occupational Risks Mechanistic
Toxicology and Risk Assessment by C. Mark Smith The Use of Scientific
Information in the Workplace Standard Setting Process by James D. Wilson
Carcinogen Identification and Occupational Health by Robert J. Moolenaar
The Role of Genomic Analyses in Occupational Cancer Risk Assessment by J.
K. Wiencke and K. T. Kelsey Use of Mechanistic Data in Occupational Health
Risk Assessment: The Example of Diesel Particulates by Dale Hattis and Ken
Silver Special Issues in Occupational Risk Assessment: Values, Politics,
Ethics, and Uncertainty Sociopolitical and Economic Aspects of Risk
Assessment by Charles Levenstein Limits of Epidemiological Evidence and
Uncertainty Analysis in Occupational Risk Assessment by James M. Robins
Risk Assessment Methodology: Objectivity and the Hired-Gun Assessor by
Robert Almeder Value Judgements and Risk Assessment by Nicholas A. Ashford
Conclusions: Strengths and Limitations of Risk Assessment Approaches to
Occupational Health and Recommendations for the Future Important Issues in
Occupational Health Risk Assessment and Risk Management: Comments and
Recommendations by C. Mark Smith, Karl T. Kelsey, and David C. Christiani
The Recent Practice of Risk Assessment in the Occupational Environment
Incorrectly Discounts Hazards of Chemical Exposures to Workers and the
Public Health by Franklin E. Mirer Risk Assessment in the Occupational
Standard Setting Process: Some Thoughts and Perspectives on Problems and
Potential Solutions by Gerard F. Egan Future Directions in Occupational
Risk Assessment by Richard W. Niemeier Future Directions in Reducing
Occupational and Environmental Risks: A Warning Against Overreliance on
Risk Assessment Approaches by Nicholas A. Ashford References Index