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Table Of Contents Volume Eight, Number Two, Spring 1997, Risk Editorial Board
Table Of Contents Volume Eight, Number Two, Spring 1997, Risk Editorial Board
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Table of contents for the journal RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (ISSN: 1073-8673)
Table Of Contents Volume Eight, Number One, Winter 1997, Risk Editorial Board
Table Of Contents Volume Eight, Number One, Winter 1997, Risk Editorial Board
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Table of contents for the journal RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (ISSN: 1073-8673)
Does Risk Aversion Make A Case For Conservatism, Ralph M. Perhac Jr.
Does Risk Aversion Make A Case For Conservatism, Ralph M. Perhac Jr.
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Dr. Perhac argues that risk aversion, alone, and assuming it is justifiable, does not support the prefer ability of overstating, as opposed to understating, mean risk.
Comparing Risks Thoughtfully, Adam M. Finkel
Comparing Risks Thoughtfully, Adam M. Finkel
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Dr. Finkel argues that comparing risks is neither impossible nor immoral - but is nonetheless very difficult. He then discusses two major pitfalls of making such comparisons, one commonly cited and one routinely ignored, before sketching a framework for improving them.
Review Of: Peter K. Lagoy, Risk Assessment: Principles And Applications For Hazardous Waste And Related Sites (Noyes Publications 1994), Adam K. Sacharoff
Review Of: Peter K. Lagoy, Risk Assessment: Principles And Applications For Hazardous Waste And Related Sites (Noyes Publications 1994), Adam K. Sacharoff
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Review of the book: Peter K. LaGoy, Risk Assessment: Principles and Applications for Hazardous Waste and Related Sites (Noyes Publications 1994). Appendices, figures, index, notes, preface, references, tables. LC 94-2510; ISBN 0-8155-1349-6. [260 pp. Cloth $48.00. 120 Mill Road, Park Ridge NJ 07656.]
Risk Criteria For Approving Or Rejecting Field Tests Of High-Performance Weapons, Shaul Feller, Michael Maharik
Risk Criteria For Approving Or Rejecting Field Tests Of High-Performance Weapons, Shaul Feller, Michael Maharik
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Because details are classified and participation by affected populations is limited, military test ranges impose difficult challenges on those responsible for their safety. Here, the authors catalog some of those challenges and suggest ways to address them.
Table Of Contents Volume Seven, Number Four, Fall 1996, Risk Editorial Board
Table Of Contents Volume Seven, Number Four, Fall 1996, Risk Editorial Board
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Table of contents for the journal RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (ISSN: 1073-8673). Includes announcement for the First Biennial International Meeting of the Risk Assessment & Policy Association (RAPA) held in Alexandria, Virginia.
Promoting And Managing Genome Innovation, Suzanne A. Sprunger, Gianna Julian-Arnold
Promoting And Managing Genome Innovation, Suzanne A. Sprunger, Gianna Julian-Arnold
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
An introduction to the symposium, Promoting and Managing Genome Innovation held October 1995. The conference was organized by Professor Thomas G. Field, Jr. and Gianna Julian-Arnold. The conference was funded in part by the Ethical, Legal and Social Issues component of the D.O.E. Human Genome Program; Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle L.L.P., Rochester, N.Y.; and Human Genome Sciences.
Table Of Contents Volume Seven, Number Three, Summer 1996, Risk Editorial Board
Table Of Contents Volume Seven, Number Three, Summer 1996, Risk Editorial Board
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Table of contents for the journal RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (ISSN: 1073-8673)
Table Of Contents Volume Seven, Number Two, Spring 1996, Risk Editorial Board
Table Of Contents Volume Seven, Number Two, Spring 1996, Risk Editorial Board
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Table of contents for the journal RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (ISSN: 1073-8673)
Table Of Contents Volume Seven, Number One, Winter 1996, Risk Editorial Board
Table Of Contents Volume Seven, Number One, Winter 1996, Risk Editorial Board
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Table of contents for the journal RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (ISSN: 1073-8673)
Environmental Racism And Biased Methods Of Risk Assessment, Daniel C. Wigley, Kristin S. Shrader-Frechette
Environmental Racism And Biased Methods Of Risk Assessment, Daniel C. Wigley, Kristin S. Shrader-Frechette
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Based on analysis of a risk assessment for a proposed Louisiana uranium enrichment facility, the authors argue that environmental injustice occurs when assessors' scientific methods cause de facto discrimination.
Table Of Contents Volume Six, Number Four, Fall 1995, Risk Editorial Board
Table Of Contents Volume Six, Number Four, Fall 1995, Risk Editorial Board
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Table of contents for the journal RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (ISSN: 1073-8673)
From Comparative Risk To Decision Analysis: Ranking Solutions To Multiple-Value Environmental Problems, John Kadvany
From Comparative Risk To Decision Analysis: Ranking Solutions To Multiple-Value Environmental Problems, John Kadvany
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
While recognizing that the making of environmental policy is sufficiently complex that no one method can serve all conditions, Dr. Kadvany urges that more attention be given to multiattribute utility and decision analysis. He suggests this can help, e.g., to illuminate stakeholder values and generate alternative approaches.
Review Of: World Health Organization, Legislative Responses To Organ Transplantation, Lisah K. Carpenter
Review Of: World Health Organization, Legislative Responses To Organ Transplantation, Lisah K. Carpenter
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
No abstract provided.
Brown Fields, A Regional Incinerator And Resident Perception Of Neighborhood Quality, Michael Greenberg, Dona Schneider, Jim Parry
Brown Fields, A Regional Incinerator And Resident Perception Of Neighborhood Quality, Michael Greenberg, Dona Schneider, Jim Parry
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
The authors discuss an extension of their research into residential perceptions of neighborhood quality as affected by urban blight. They believe that unwanted facilities may help deteriorate neighborhoods to the point where they are fit only for such uses.
The Role Of The Unconscious In The Perception Of Risks, Andrew F. Fritzsche
The Role Of The Unconscious In The Perception Of Risks, Andrew F. Fritzsche
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Dr. Fritzsche argues that our world is too "rational" and that the psychology of the unconscious, as developed by Jung, can be key to understanding responses to hazards and to resolving conflicts that arise in the political management of risks.
Table Of Contents Volume Six, Number Three, Summer 1995, Risk Editorial Board
Table Of Contents Volume Six, Number Three, Summer 1995, Risk Editorial Board
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Table of contents for the journal RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (ISSN: 1073-8673)
Ranking Risks, Baruch Fischhoff
Ranking Risks, Baruch Fischhoff
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Dr. Fischhoff considers the role of government in helping citizens manage risks. He then offers a general procedure for risk ranking and concludes by discussing what can be done with a list of risks.
Decision Analysis And Fda Drug Review: A Proposal For Shadow Advisory Committees, John M. Mendeloff
Decision Analysis And Fda Drug Review: A Proposal For Shadow Advisory Committees, John M. Mendeloff
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
The FDA seems to acknowledge that sometimes different standards of proof for assessing drug efficacy should be used. Dr. Mendeloff thus proposes a methodology that might illuminate the FDA's decision-making and help better to assess its decisions.
Risk Analysis And Policy Association Announcement And Membership Application, Risk Editorial Board
Risk Analysis And Policy Association Announcement And Membership Application, Risk Editorial Board
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
An announcement from the editors of RISK about the formation of a new professional organization concerned with improving procedures for risk assessment and using this knowledge to develop public policy.
Present Risk, Future Risk Or No Risk - Measuring And Predicting Perceptions Of Health Risks Of A Hazardous Waste Landfill, William K. Hallman, Abraham H. Wandersman
Present Risk, Future Risk Or No Risk - Measuring And Predicting Perceptions Of Health Risks Of A Hazardous Waste Landfill, William K. Hallman, Abraham H. Wandersman
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Given that perceived risk is multidimensional, the authors seek better understanding by focusing on health risks and, more particularly, on their temporality. In this way, they attempt to measure more meaningfully psychological influences on risk perceptions.
Risk And Rapa On The Internet, Thomas G. Field Jr.
Risk And Rapa On The Internet, Thomas G. Field Jr.
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Editorial news item announcing new email addresses and electronic formats for back issues and indexes. Details on an upcoming conference entitled Promoting and Managing Genome Innovation scheduled to be held October 13-14, 1995 are also given.
Table Of Contents Volume Six, Number Two, Spring 1995, Risk Editorial Board
Table Of Contents Volume Six, Number Two, Spring 1995, Risk Editorial Board
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Table of contents for the journal RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (ISSN: 1073-8673)
The Separation Of Facts And Values, Arthur Kantrowitz
The Separation Of Facts And Values, Arthur Kantrowitz
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Dr. Kantrowitz maintains that much modern pessimism derives from failure to separate what is from what ought to be and urges that scientific conflicts be resolved as value neutrally as possible.
Coping With Phantom Risks In The Courts, Peter W. Huber
Coping With Phantom Risks In The Courts, Peter W. Huber
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Dr. Huber describes "phantom" risks as those tending to hover indefinitely, never to crystallize. He argues that legal procedures should optimally lead' to closure and eliminate unwarranted fears.
Evaluating The Expertise Of Experts, Kristin S. Shrader-Frechette
Evaluating The Expertise Of Experts, Kristin S. Shrader-Frechette
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Professor Shrader-Frechette maintains that a rigid distinction between risk assessment and risk management is unwise. Concerned about procedural fairness, she argues that the public should have a voice in both.
Resolving Medical Controversies, Itzhak Jacoby
Resolving Medical Controversies, Itzhak Jacoby
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Dr. Jacoby explains why emerging technologies must be evaluated expeditiously. He also argues that an approach closely following "Science Court" tenets would more uniformly guide practitioners and insurers.
Program - Which Scientist Do You Believe - Process Alternatives In Technological Controversies, Risk Editorial Board
Program - Which Scientist Do You Believe - Process Alternatives In Technological Controversies, Risk Editorial Board
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Program of events and list of registered attendees for the October 6, 1994 conference Which Scientist Do You Believe? Process Alternatives in Technological Controversies held in Concord, NH.
Resolving Technological Controversies In Regulatory Agencies, Sidney A. Shapiro
Resolving Technological Controversies In Regulatory Agencies, Sidney A. Shapiro
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Professor Shapiro notes that, e.g., advisory committees may increase technical accuracy at the price of delaying already slow rule making and urges Congress and the courts to provide agencies with broad procedural discretion.