Fully updated, the first part introduces the underlying principles and techniques of the field, and
Table of Contents
List of Boxes
Foreword
Preface
Editors
Contributors
1. Introduction to Risk Assessment
Mark G. Robson, William A. Toscano, Qingyu Meng, and Debra A. Kaden
2. The Risk Assessment–Risk Management Paradigm
Gilbert S. Omenn and David L. Eaton
3. Risk Assessment and Regulatory Decision-Making in Environmental Health
Felicia Wu and Joseph V. Rodricks
4. Exposure Assessment: The Ways We Measure Exposure and Its Application to Risk
Assessment
Donghai Liang
5. Biological Monitoring of Exposure to Environmental Chemicals throughout the Life
Stages: Requirements and Issues to Consider for Birth Cohort Studies
Parinya Panuwet, P. Barry Ryan, Dana Boyd Barr, and Warangkana Naksen
6. Role of Epidemiology in Environmental Health Research
Wil Lieberman-Cribbin and Emanuela Taioli
7. Toxicological Basis for Risk Assessment
Mark G. Robson and William A. Toscano
8. The Application of Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) Modeling to
Risk Assessment
Raymond S. H. Yang, Yasong Lu, and Zhoumeng Lin
9. Adverse Outcomes Pathways (AOPs)
Elizabeth V. Wattenberg
10. Epigenetics in Risk Assessment
Carmen Marsit and Jinze Li
11. Probabilistic Models for Characterizing Aggregate and Cumulative Risk
Qingyu Meng
12. Occupational Risk Assessment
Adam M. Finkel, Douglas O. Johns, and Christine Whittaker
13. Children’s Environmental Health Risk Assessment
Rebecca C. Dzubow and Ruth A. Etzel
14. Addressing the Limits of Risk Assessment by Focusing on Safer Alternatives
Risk Assessment for Environmental Health
Joel Tickner, Molly Jacobs, and Margaret H. Whittaker
15. How European Countries Approach Regulatory Risk Assessment
Helmut Greim
16. Envirome Disorganization and Ecological Riskscapes: The Algal Bloom Epitome
Matteo Convertino and Haojiong Wang
17. Risk Communication
Elaine M. Faustman, Jill C. Falman, and Susan L. Santos
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