ABSTRACT

Based on the National Academy of Sciences approach to quantitative risk assessment. Emphasizes how an accurate assessment of cancer risk must draw on a wide range of disciplines, such as biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, and the social sciences. Provides tables of Poisson confidence limit fa

part I|70 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|14 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|37 pages

The Human Cancer Situation

chapter 3|17 pages

Hazard Identification

part II|96 pages

Exposure and Dose Assessment

chapter 4|10 pages

Exposure Assessment

General Issues

chapter 5|25 pages

Measurement of Exposure and Dose

chapter 6|46 pages

Modeling Exposure

chapter 7|13 pages

Pharmacokinetics

part III|136 pages

Dose-Response Assessment

chapter 8|31 pages

Toxicology

chapter 9|25 pages

Mouse to Man: Extrapolation from Animals

chapter 11|47 pages

Epidemiology

part IV|100 pages

Risk Characterization And Implications