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Methods are needed to improve the ability of biomonitoring and epidemiological studies to identify potential carcinogenic hazards and to quantify human risk. The limitations of pharmacokinetic models can be mitigated by the direct measurement of molecular markers of biologically effective dose of carcinogen. Parallel animal and human studies are recommended as a means of validating these markers.

THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES HOW THE NATURE OF CONTEMPORARY CONSERVATIVE RADICALISM HAS FORCED THE OPPOSITION PARTIES INTO THE ROLE OF DEFENDING A BROAD UNDERSTANDING OF THE STATE'S SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES. TWO PROBLEMS ARE EXAMINED: ARE LABOR AND THE ALLIANCE PARTIES IN BRITAIN LIKELY TO PRESENT CONGRUENT SOCIAL POLICIES TO THE ELECTORATE, AND WOULD THERE BE ANY POSSIBILITY OF AGREEMENT ON A COMMON PROGRAMME OF ACTION AFTER THE NEXT ELECTION.

THE ESSAY PROVIDES AN EXPLANATION FOR THE EXISTENCE OF STABLE LOGROLLING ARRANGEMENTS. THE MODEL PRESENTED ASSUMES THAT ISSUES ARE VOTED ON ONE AT A TIME, THAT PEOPLE ARE RISK AVERSE, AND THAT EACH PERSON FORECASTS FUTURE ISSUE DECISIONS WITH A RANDOM VARIABLE WHOSE MEAN IS LINEAR IN THE ALTERNATIVES OF THE PRESENT ISSUE. THE AUTHORS SHOW THAT UNDER THIS MODEL THE EXPECTATION THAT LOGROLLING WILL TAKE PLACE STABILIZES THE LOGROLLING PROCESS. FOR THIS EXPECTATION TO BE STABLE, IT MUST BE SYMMETRIC, WHICH MEANS THAT REVOTING OF ISSUES MUST BE POSSIBLE.