The Continuum of Health Risk Assessments

Edited by Michael G. Tyshenko

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Abstract: This book presents a collection of health risk assessments for known and emerging hazards that span a continuum. Case studies for existing health risks include psychoactive drug usage in delivery truck drivers and using look-back risk assessment for accidental syringe re-use in healthcare settings. Case studies for emerging risks include precautionary actions to safeguard blood supplies; nanoparticle deposition in the lung; and the epistemic issues surrounding genetically modified organism risk assessments. The final section of the book deals with advancing health risk assessment analyses through a post-genomics lens and provides case studies on personalized genomics, new data analyses and improving in silico models for risk assessment. These case studies provide much insight into the ongoing evolution of health risk assessments.

JEL-codes: J28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
ISBN: 980-953-307-582-7
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Chapters in this book:

Breast Cancer Prognostication and Risk Prediction in the Post-Genomic Era

Xi Zhao, Ole Christian Lingjarde and Anne-Lise Borresen-Dale

New Models for the In Vitro Study of Liver Toxicity: 3D Culture Systems and the Role of Bioreactors

Giovanna Mazzoleni and Nathalie Steimberg

Physics of Open Systems: A New Approach to Use Genomics Data in Risk Assessment

Viacheslav Ageev, Boris Fomin, Oleg Fomin, Tamara Kachanova, Chao Chen, Maria Spassova and Leonid Kopylev

Professional Drivers and Psychoactive Substances Consumption: First Results from Medical Surveillance at the Workplace in Italy

Gian Luca Rosso

Safety, Security and Quality: Lessons from GMO Risk Assessments

Alice Benessia and Giuseppe Barbiero

The Risk of Blood-Borne Viral Infection due to Syringe Re-Use

Tamer Oraby, Susie ElSaadany, Robert Gervais, Mustafa Al-Zoughool, Michael G. Tyshenko, L. Johnston, Mel Krajden, D. Zoutman, Jun Wu and Daniel Krewski

Ultrafine and Fine Aerosol Deposition in the Nasal Airways of a 9-Month-Old Girl, a 5-Year-Old Boy and a 53-Year-Old Male

Jinxiang Xi, JonWon Kim and Xiuhua Si

Xenotropic Murine Leukemia Virus-Related Virus as a Case Study: Using a Precautionary Risk Management Approach for Emerging Blood-Borne Pathogens in Canada

Michael G. Tyshenko, Susie ElSaadany, Tamer Oraby, Marian Laderoute, Jun Wu, Willy Aspinall, Daniel Krewski and Peter Ganz

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DOI: 10.5772/2689

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