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Risk Assessment

Guidance for Data Useability in Risk Assessment (Part A-3), Final, April, 1992

This chapter is an overview of the data collection and evaluation issues that affect the quality and useability of baseline human health risk assessments. Ecological risk assessment is not discussed in this guidance.

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Guidance for Data Useability in Risk Assessment (Part A-3), Final, April, 1992 (PDF)(18 pp)
This chapter is an overview of the data collection and evaluation issues that affect the quality and useability of baseline human health risk assessments. Ecological risk assessment is not discussed in this guidance.