Risk Assessment

RISK ASSESSMENT

  • Risk assessment is comprised of stages including

Hazard Identification Characterization of innate adverse toxic effects of agents.
Dose-response assessment Characterization of the relation betwen doses and incidences of adverse effects in exposed populations.
Exposure assessment Measurement or estimation of the intensity, frequency and duration of human exposures to agents.
Risk characterization Estimation of the incidence of health effects under the various conditions of human exposure.


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