Environmental health policy / David Ball.
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TextPublisher: Maidenhead : McGraw Hill/Open University Press, 2006Description: ix, 283 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0335218431
- 9780335218431
- 362.1 22
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| Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 362.1 BAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A430993B |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction to environmental health policy -- 2. The emergence of risk assessment -- 3. A model for human health risk assessment -- 4. Hazard identification -- 5. The dose-response relationship -- 6. Exposure assessment -- 7. Risk characterization -- 8. Economic appraisal -- 9. The management of ionizing radiation -- 10. Environment and safety -- 11. An introduction to alternative theories of risk -- 12. Risk perception and the psychometric paradigm -- 13. Cultural theory -- 14. Environmental, social and health impact assessment -- 15. Environmental risk ranking -- 16. Alternatives assessment to precaution -- 17. From risk communication to participatory decision making -- 18. Philosophy, politics and prejudice -- 19. Issues of local policy -- 20. Issues of global policy.
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