Environmental health sciences decision making : risk management, evidence, and ethics : workshop summary /

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Imprint:	Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2009.
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 77 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Online access: National Academy of Sciences National Academies Press. Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf.
Subject:	Environmental health. Environmental risk assessment. Environmental Health -- Congresses. Decision Making -- ethics -- Congresses. Risk Assessment -- Congresses. Environmental health. Environmental risk assessment. Electronic books. Congress.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11196265

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Other authors / contributors:	Coble, Yank D. Coussens, Christine. Quinn, Kathleen (Kathleen Kolar) Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine. Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice.
ISBN:	9780309124553 0309124557 1282007963 9781282007963 0309124549 9780309124546 9786612007965 6612007966
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 57-58). English. Print version record.
Summary:	"Environmental health decision making can be a complex undertaking, as there is the need to navigate and find balance among three core elements: science, policy, and the needs of the American public. Policy makers often grapple with how to make appropriate decisions when the research is uncertain. The challenge for the policy maker is to make the right decision with the best available data in a transparent process. The workshop, summarized in this volume, included an overview of the principles underlying decision making, the role of evidence and challenges for vulnerable populations, and ethical issues of conflict of interest, scientific integrity, and transparency. The workshop engaged science interest groups, industry, government, and the academic sector."--Publisher's description.
Other form:	Print version: Environmental health sciences decision making. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2009 9780309124546 0309124549

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