History of Risk Assessment in Toxicology

This cutting edge book is the first to present the history and context of developments in risk assessment within toxicology

Sol Bobst (Edited by)

9780128095324

Paperback, published 12 October 2017

50 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 0.5 cm, 0.09 kg

Approx.36 pages

1. Prehistory of Risk Assessment, case studies in Hazard Identification, Exposure Characterization, and Risk Characterization 2. Risk Assessment in the 20th Century Part I: Early lessons in Food Safety 3. Risk Assessment in the 20th Century Part II: The History of OSHA: Early lessons in Chemical Safety 4. Risk Assessment in the 20th Century Part III: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Early lessons: pollution and environmental disasters 5. Risk Assessment goes Global: Review of the spread of risk assessment practices in North America, Europe, and Asia 6. Risk Assessment in the 21st Century: New Technologies and techniques

Subject Areas: Medical toxicology [MMGT], Public health & preventive medicine [MBN]