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Strongly recommended for health sciences collections in college, university, and public libraries.Choice
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If people are to act, individually or collectively, in a rational fashion to enhance their health prospects, they need the best available information about what constitutes a risk, the nature and magnitude of the risk, the strength of the evidence, and the various ways available to safeguard against adverse effectsTask Force on Health Risk Assessment, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Analytic Terms and Concepts
Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health
Agency for Toxic Substances Disease Registry
Center for Disease Control
Food and Drug Administration
National Institutes of Health
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
Analysis of Health Risk Assessment Activities in the DHHS
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