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A linguist's insight into insight
In: Social theory & health, Band 8, Heft 1, S. 66-82
ISSN: 1477-822X
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In: Journal of policy analysis and management: the journal of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Band 10, Heft 2, S. 286-303
ISSN: 0276-8739
In Risk Assessment and Clean Air Policy, George M. Gray & John D. Graham (School of Public Health, Harvard U, Cambridge, Mass) reevaluate the results of an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report (Cancer Risk from Outdoor Exposure to Air Toxics, Office of Air Quality Planning & Standards, Research Triangle Park, NC, EPA-450/89). Though the results of complex scientific studies are difficult to report in an informative way, the Executive Summary of the EPA's report is misleading by establishing precise point estimates of toxic-caused cancer incidence that obscure uncertainty. A weighted estimate of risk would account for three sources of uncertainty -- evidence for human carcinogenicity, possibility of a threshold for carcinogenic effects, & alternative values for carcinogenic potency at low doses. Sample calculations are provided. In Edifying Presentation of Risk Estimates: Not as Easy as It Seems, A. Finkel (Center for Risk Management, Resources for the Future, Washington, DC) suggests that the weighted estimate method may actually exacerbate the deficiencies of the EPA's risk assessment paradigm by relying too much on an average truth approach. Adjustments to calculation of probability of carcinogenicity, carcinogenic thresholds, & uncertainity in cancer potency are discussed. 4 Tables, 30 References. D. Generoli
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In: Journal of policy analysis and management: the journal of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Band 19, Heft 2, S. 323
ISSN: 0276-8739
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In: Journal of policy analysis and management: the journal of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Band 19, Heft 3, S. 465
ISSN: 0276-8739
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In: Journal of policy analysis and management: the journal of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Band 19, Heft 1, S. 142
ISSN: 0276-8739
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In: Journal of policy analysis and management: the journal of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Band 20, Heft 3, S. 545-549
ISSN: 1520-6688
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In: Journal of policy analysis and management: the journal of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Band 15, Heft 2
ISSN: 0276-8739
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In: Journal of policy analysis and management: the journal of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Band 14, Heft 3
ISSN: 0276-8739
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In: Journal of policy analysis and management: the journal of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Band 13, Heft 3
ISSN: 0276-8739
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In: Journal of policy analysis and management: the journal of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Band 9, Heft 2, S. 249-249
ISSN: 1520-6688
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In: Journal of policy analysis and management: the journal of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Band 9, Heft 1, S. 89-89
ISSN: 1520-6688
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In: Journal of policy analysis and management: the journal of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Band 1, Heft 1, S. 119-142
ISSN: 1520-6688