Health Risk Assessment category: 45 books
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Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2017
History of Risk Assessment in Toxicology guides the reader through the historical narrative of the evolution of risk assessment thinking in human and environmental practices. Risk assessment concepts are used in many different professional practice areas. In the health and environmental practices...
by Bruce A. Fowler
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Molecular Biological Markers for Toxicology and Risk Assessment provides an introduction to the exciting field of biomarkers and their use in toxicology and risk assessment. In recent years, new classes of molecular biomarkers capable of detecting early manifestations of ongoing chemical-induced cell...
Rethinking Risk Assessment
The MacArthur Study of Mental Disorder and Violence
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2001
The presumed link between mental disorder and violence has been the driving force behind mental health law and policy for centuries. Legislatures, courts, and the public have come to expect that mental health professionals will protect them from violent acts by persons with mental disorders. Yet for...
Viruses in Food and Water
Risks, Surveillance and Control
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2013
Viruses can be highly infectious and are capable of causing widespread disease outbreaks. The significance of viral pathogens in food and waterborne illness is increasingly being recognised and viruses transferred by these routes are important areas of research. Viruses in food and water reviews the...
Foodborne Pathogens
Hazards, Risk Analysis and Control
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2009
Effective control of pathogens continues to be of great importance to the food industry. The first edition of Foodborne pathogens quickly established itself as an essential guide for all those involved in the management of microbiological hazards at any stage in the food production chain. This major...
Food Consumption and Disease Risk
Consumer-Pathogen Interactions
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2006
The public health impact of foodborne disease in both the developed and developing world is high. Foodborne illness is a major cause of disease and some infections can be fatal. With the rise of globalisation, trends towards minimal processing, and changes in food consumption patterns, the food industry,...
by Marc Williams, Ph.D., FAAAAI
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2015
Wildlife Toxicity Assessments for Chemicals of Military Concern is a compendium of chemical-specific toxicity information with discussions on the rationale and development of Wildlife Toxicity Reference Values (TRVs) intended for use on terrestrial wildlife for risk assessment applications. Substances...
Hazardous Substances and Human Health
Exposure, Impact and External Cost Assessment at the European Scale
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2006
There is widespread public concern about hazardous chemicals that are contained in air, soil, water and food. Policy has therefore adopted a series of laws and regulations concerning emissions into and concentration levels in different media including food. As policy makers do not only have to consider...
Toxic Safety
Flame Retardants, Chemical Controversies, and Environmental Health
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016
Initially marketed as a life-saving advancement, flame retardants are now mired in controversy. Some argue that data show the chemicals are unsafe while others continue to support their use. The tactics of each side have far-reaching consequences for how we interpret new scientific discoveries.
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Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2010
Few people realize that prescription drugs have become a leading cause of death, disease, and disability. Adverse reactions to widely used drugs, such as psychotropics and birth control pills, as well as biologicals, result in FDA warnings against adverse reactions.
The Risks of Prescription...
Handbook of Item Response Theory Modeling
Applications to Typical Performance Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
Item response theory (IRT) has moved beyond the confines of educational measurement into assessment domains such as personality, psychopathology, and patient-reported outcomes. Classic and emerging IRT methods and applications that are revolutionizing psychological measurement, particularly for health...
Risky Medicine
Our Quest to Cure Fear and Uncertainty
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
Will ever-more sensitive screening tests for cancer lead to longer, better lives? Will anticipating and trying to prevent the future complications of chronic disease lead to better health? Not always, says Robert Aronowitz in Risky Medicine. In fact, it often is hurting us.
Exploring...
Getting Risk Right
Understanding the Science of Elusive Health Risks
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
Do cell phones cause brain cancer? Does BPA threaten our health? How safe are certain dietary supplements, especially those containing exotic herbs or small amounts of toxic substances? Is the HPV vaccine safe? We depend on science and medicine as never before, yet there is widespread misinformation...
Engineered Nanoparticles
Structure, Properties and Mechanisms of Toxicity
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2015
*Engineered Nanoparticles: Structure, Properties and Mechanisms of Toxicity *is an indispensable introduction to engineered nanomaterials (ENM) and their potential adverse effects on human health and the environment. Although research in the area of pharmacology and toxicology of ENM is rapidly advancing,...