| Main Title |
Risks, costs, and lives saved : getting better results from regulation / |
| Other Authors |
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| Publisher |
Oxford University Press ; |
| Year Published |
1996 |
| OCLC Number |
34282022 |
| ISBN |
019521147X (alk. paper) |
| Subjects |
Risk assessment--Government policy--United States ;
Health risk assessment--Government policy--United States ;
Environmental risk assessment--Government policy--United States ;
Risk management--Government policy--United States ;
Safety regulations--United States
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| EIAM |
HM256.R59 1996 |
|
Region 2 Library/New York,NY |
03/14/1997 |
| ELCM |
HM256.R59 1996 |
|
NVFEL Library/Ann Arbor, MI |
08/03/2007 |
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| Collation |
xvi, 267 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents Notes |
Introduction / Robert W. Hahn -- The causes and prevention of cancer : gaining perspectives on the management of risk / Bruce N. Ames and Lois Swirsky Gold -- Modeling risk at low levels of exposure / William R. Hendee -- Risk assessment as an indicator for decision making / Bernard D. Goldstein -- Science and politics : global warming and eugenics / Richard S. Lindzen -- Benefit-cost analysis : do the benefits exceed the costs? / Lester B. Lave -- The dangers of unbounded commitments to regulate risk / W. Kip Viscusi -- The opportunity costs of haphazard social investments in life-saving / Tammy O. Tengs and John D. Graham -- Making sense of risk : an agenda for congress / John D. Graham -- Regulatory reform : what do the government's numbers tell us? / Robert W. Hahn. |
