Environmental Risk Assessment: Key Terms and Concepts

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What does dose-response assessment involve?

Measuring the intensity, frequency, and duration of exposures.

Estimating the incidence of a health effect under various conditions of human exposure.

Monitoring the public and environmental health effects of a recognized risk.

Characterizing the relation between dose and the health effect incidence. (correct)

Which step is involved in environmental risk management?

Mitigating recognized risks (correct)

Creating options

Decision making process

Exposure assessment

What is the primary focus of risk characterization?

Decision making process

Characterizing the relation between dose and health effect incidence

Assessing the intensity, frequency, and duration of exposures

Estimating the incidence of a health effect under various conditions of exposure (correct)

What is the main purpose of hazard identification?

Determining if exposure to an agent can increase health conditions Signup and view all the answers

Which process involves assessing technological feasibility and public concerns?

Risk management Signup and view all the answers

What is the final step in the 10 Steps to Risk Assessment process?

Risk characterization Signup and view all the answers

What is environmental risk assessment?

A process of predicting adverse effects on the environment caused by chemical substances Signup and view all the answers

Which factor is NOT considered in the risk identification process?

Public Opinion Signup and view all the answers

What is the main purpose of risk recognition?

To be one element of a comprehensive safety and health approach Signup and view all the answers

In the grading of risk, what percentage range does 'Medium to high risk' cover?

1% to 10% Signup and view all the answers

Which document is NOT an output of the risk identification process?

Environmental Impact Assessment Report Signup and view all the answers

What does 'Grading of Risk 2- Low to medium risk' imply?

May happen, occurs between 0.1% and 1% of the time/cases Signup and view all the answers

Environmental Risk Assessment: Key Terms and Concepts

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What does dose-response assessment involve?

Which step is involved in environmental risk management?

What is the primary focus of risk characterization?

What is the main purpose of hazard identification?

Which process involves assessing technological feasibility and public concerns?

What is the final step in the 10 Steps to Risk Assessment process?

What is environmental risk assessment?

Which factor is NOT considered in the risk identification process?

What is the main purpose of risk recognition?

In the grading of risk, what percentage range does 'Medium to high risk' cover?

Which document is NOT an output of the risk identification process?

What does 'Grading of Risk 2- Low to medium risk' imply?

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