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Name: Risk Assessment Methodology for Conventional and Alternative Sustainability Options
ID: m41566
Language: English (en)
Summary: In this module, the following topics are covered: 1) the content and the goals of four-step of risk assessment process, 2) how to estimate dose received via each exposure pathway, 3) how to integrate exposure and toxicity information to characterize health risks, 4) how to quantitatively estimate cumulative cancer and noncancer risks, and 5) how to identify/evaluate uncertainties in risk assessment.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: Bioassay, Carcinogenicity, Chronic Reference Dose (RfD), Deterministic Risk Assessment, Epidemiology, Monte-Carlo Method, Probabilistic Risk Assessment
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 3.0
Authors: Serap Erdal (tgilles@uillinois.edu)
Copyright Holders: U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative (tgilles@uillinois.edu)
Maintainers: U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative (tgilles@uillinois.edu)
Latest version: 1.4 (history)
First publication date: Nov 1, 2011 1:33 pm -0500
Last revision to module: Apr 27, 2012 4:09 pm -0500

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Version History

Version: 1.4 Apr 27, 2012 4:09 pm -0500 by U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative
Changes: 
Fix capitalization of glossary terms (mwl)
Version: 1.3 Jan 22, 2012 5:57 pm -0600 by U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative
Changes: 
1) fix headings; 2) add keywords and summary (mwl)
Version: 1.2 Jan 18, 2012 9:42 am -0600 by U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative
Changes: 
Added Google Analytics tracking code
Version: 1.1 Nov 7, 2011 8:43 am -0600 by U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative
Changes: 
Created module (mwl)

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