Grant L D, Jarabek A M
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711.
Toxicol Ind Health. 1990 Oct;6(5):217-33.
This paper has been reviewed by the Office of Health and Environmental Assessment, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and approved for publication. Approval does not signify that the contents necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Agency, nor does mention of trade names or commercial products constitute endorsement or recommendation for use. The U.S. EPA has increasingly relied upon quantitative health risk assessments as the basis for management decisions about public health protection. Full utilization of risk assessment in management applications, however, is limited by uncertainties in the resultant accuracy of the risk estimates. This paper will discuss a research strategy to address the uncertainties in the risk assessment process and describe parallel issues to address in the risk management area. An attendant need for effective communication of complex scientific concepts is also identified.
本文已经美国环境保护局健康与环境评估办公室审阅并批准发表。批准并不意味着其内容必然反映该机构的观点和政策，提及商品名或商业产品也不构成对其使用的认可或推荐。美国环境保护局越来越依赖定量健康风险评估作为公共卫生保护管理决策的基础。然而，风险评估在管理应用中的充分利用受到风险估计结果准确性方面不确定性的限制。本文将讨论一种应对风险评估过程中不确定性的研究策略，并描述风险管理领域中需要解决的相关问题。同时还确定了有效传达复杂科学概念的必要性。
