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245			_aEnvironmental health and hazard risk assessment: principles and calculations / _cby Louis Theodore
260			_bCRC Press, _c2012. _aBoca Raton:
300			_axxiv, 612p
505			_aPart I Introductory CommentsAbout the BookWhy Use Risk-Based Decision Making?Book ContentsDefinitionsRisk TermsFinancial RiskHistory of Environmental Health ProblemsFirst HumansDevelopment of AgricultureColonization of the New WorldIndustrial RevolutionHistory of Environmental Hazard ProblemsEarly AccidentsRecent Major AccidentsMajor Accidents in the Twenty-First CenturyAdvances in Safety FeaturesHealth Risk versus Hazard RiskIntroduction to the Health Risk Assessment ProcessIntroduction to the Hazard Risk Assessment ProcessQualitative Risk ScenariosWhat Are the Differences?Uncertainty FactorsFuture Trends in Environmental Risk AssessmentEnvironmental Regulatory FrameworkRegulatory SystemLaws and Regulations: The DifferencesRole of the StatesResource Conservation and Recovery ActMajor Toxic Chemical Laws Administered by the U.S. EPALegislative Tools for Controlling Water PollutionOil Pollution ActSuperfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (CERCLA) of 1986Clean Air ActOccupational Safety and Health ActEPA's Risk Management ProgramPollution Prevention Act of 1990Emergency Planning and ResponseNeed for Emergency Response PlanningPlanning CommitteeHazards SurveyPlan for EmergenciesTraining of PersonnelNotification of Public and Regulatory OfficialsPlan ImplementationOther State Regulatory InitiativesIllustrative Examples-- Part II Health Risk AssessmentIntroduction to Health Risk AssessmentHealth Risk Evaluation ProcessHealth Problem IdentificationToxicology and Dose-ResponseExposure AssessmentHealth Risk CharacterizationHealth Problem IdentificationToxicology PrinciplesEpidemiology PrinciplesMolecular/Atomic Structural AnalysisMaterial Safety Data SheetsEngineering Problem SolvingFate of Chemicals in the Environment Related to Health ProblemsCarcinogens versus NoncarcinogensToxicity and Dose-ResponseDefinitionsToxicologyEpidemiologyNoncarcinogensCarcinogensUncertainties/LimitationsExposure AssessmentComponents of an Exposure AssessmentDispersion in Water SystemsDispersion in SoilsDispersion in the AtmosphereHealth Risk CharacterizationQualitative Health Risk ScenariosQuantitative Risk: NoncarcinogensQuantitative Risk: CarcinogensRisk Uncertainties/LimitationsRisk-Based Decision MakingPublic Perception of Risk-- Part III Hazard Risk AssessmentIntroduction to Hazard Risk AssessmentRisk Evaluation Process for AccidentsHazard IdentificationProbability and Causes of AccidentsConsequences of AccidentsHazard Risk CharacterizationHazard/Event Problem IdentificationProcess EquipmentClassification of AccidentsFires, Explosions, Toxic Emissions, and Hazardous SpillsHazard Event Evaluation TechniquesHazard/Event ProbabilityAccident CausesSeries and Parallel SystemsProbability DistributionsWeibull DistributionFault Tree AnalysisHazard/Event ConsequencesAccident Minimization/PreventionConsequence EstimationFailure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA)Vulnerability AnalysisEvent Tree AnalysisHazard Risk CharacterizationRisk CharacterizationPublic Perception of RiskRisk CommunicationCause-Consequence AnalysisQualitative Hazard Risk AssessmentUncertainties/LimitationsQuantitative Hazard Risk Assessment-- Part IV Case StudiesCase for Case StudiesCase Study Criteria: Is It Logical, Relevant, and Reasonable?Preparing a Case Study SolutionMonte Carlo SimulationCase Study -- 1: Time to Pump FailureCase Study -- 2: Time to Failure of Two Electrical ComponentsCase Study -- 3: Nuclear Plant Temperature Gauge LifetimeCase Study -- 4: Bus Section Failures in ElectrostaticPrecipitatorsEmergency Planning and ResponseCase Study -- 1: Terrorist Attack of a Pharmaceutical Company's Plant in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New YorkCase Study -- 2: Terrorist Attack of the Brooklyn Navy Yard in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New YorkCase Study -- 3: Plans to Counter the Possibility of a Process or Plant-Related Accident at the "Wedo" Chemical Facility in Suffolk County, Long Island, New YorkCase Study -- 4: Dilution Ventilation ModelsNatural DisastersCase Study -- 1: HurricanesCase Study -- 2: FloodsCase Study -- 3: EarthquakesCase Study -- 4: MeteoritesCase Study -- 5: Combined Hurricanes and FloodingIndustrial AccidentsCase Study -- 1: Nanochemical Plant AccidentCase Study -- 2: Caustic Tank Preliminary Hazard AnalysisCase Study -- 3: Transportation of Hazardous ChemicalsCase Study -- 4: Offshore Rig AccidentAfterwordIndexChapters include an introduction and references.
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