Table of Contents: Science and decisions :

Corporate Authors:	National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Improving Risk Analysis Approaches Used by the U.S. EPA., National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology., National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Earth and Life Studies.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2009.
Subjects:	Environmental risk assessment > United States Technology > Risk assessment > United States. Health risk assessment > United States Risk Assessment > United States Dose-Response Relationship, Drug > United States

Table of Contents:

Evolution and use of risk in the environmental protection agency: current practice and future prospects
The design of risk assessments
Uncertainty and variability: the recurring and recalcitrant elements of risk assessment
Toward a unified approach to dose-response assessment
Selection and use of defaults
Implementing cumulative risk assessment
Improving the utility of risk assessment
Toward improved risk-based decision-making.