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Abstracts from the 1994 Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting

Table of Contents

Accidents Control and Safety Management of Information Systems
N. I. Borodianskii and V. A. Lysenko

Accounting for Inter-Individual Variation in the Current System of Safety Factors
P. S. Price, R. E. Keenan, and S. Su

Accounting for Spatial Relationships in Probabilistic Risk Analysis
Jeanne C. Simpson

Air Toxics Risk Assessment: A Case Study for 1,1,1-Trichloroethane in a Multimedia Environment
J. Swider and W. E. Kastenberg

Alcohol and Coronary Heart Disease: Mechanisms of Action
M. Gaziano

Alternative to the N.A.S. Biomarker Classification Scheme, An
L. Rhomberg

Analysis of Risks Related to the Realization of the Schemes of Regional Programme Financing (An Example--The State Programme of Lower Angara Development), The
T. N. Yesikova and V. Yu. Malov

Antiquated Risk Assessment in the Regulatory Context: The Radon in Drinking Water Standard
Anthony J. Thompson

Application of a Technology Risk Assessment Model to Public Decision Making
Marilyn Jacobs Quadrel, Jonathan M. Cruse, Kimberly M. Fowler, Rick Cameron, Russel J. Treat, and W. David McCormack

Application of the Partitioned Multiobjective Risk Method to Analysis of Nuclear Facility Safety Features
Stanley D. Calvert and Yacov Y. Haimes

Applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Plant Pest Risk Assessment
Alina E. Stahevitch and Erhard J. Dobesberger

Applications of Microexposure Monte Carlo Modeling to Human Health Risk Assessments: A Case Study of Modeling Childhood Lead Exposures
P. E. Goodrum, J. M. Hassett, D. L. Johnson, and M. E. Dakins

Applications of Probabilistic Risk Assessment Techniques for Ecological Risk Assessment: A Predictive Methodology
Corey McDaniel

Applying Cost-Benefit Analyses to the Cleanup of a Department of Energy Mixed Waste Site
M. MacDonell, J. Peterson, L. Haroun, D. Blunt, and D. Dunning

Approach for Determining Generic Health Based Soil Action Levels for Trivalent and Hexavalent Chromium at Residential and Industrial Sites
D. M. Proctor, P. K. Scott, and B. L. Finley

Architecture for a Risk Processor
C. D. Carrington

Are Criteria for Use of Mechanistic Data As Input to the Linearized Multistage (LMS) Model Sufficiently Well Defined?
R. B. Conolly, J. S. Kimbell, and F. J. Miller

Assessing Future Risks to Ecosystems
K. L. Dickson and S. Sanzone

Assessing Multimedia Exposure to Municipal Waste Incinerators Through Modeling and Monitoring
Sharon McCarthy

Assessing Site-Specific Bioavailabilities for Barium, Lead and Zinc
I. S. Chaudhuri and L. J. N. Bradley

Assessing the Role of the Child's Caregiver in Consumer Product Risk Management
M. Brickley and N. Rivera

Assessing the Value of Including and Reducing Uncertainty Using Bayesian Monte Carlo Analysis
M. E. Dakins, J. E. Toll, and M. J. Small

Assessing Uncertainty and Variability of Indirect Exposure to Dioxin Emission from Hazardous Waste Incinerator
S. H. Su, P. S. Price, J. R. Harrington, T. B. Abel, and C. L. Curry

Assessment of Ecological Risks and Impacts of Remedial Activities at the Department of Energy's Hanford Site
C. S. Duke, L. Dean, and K. Cadwell

Assessment of the Likelihood of Introducing Bluetongue Disease Through the Importation of Cattle
R. S. Morley and S. A. Renwick

Automated Visualization and Discovery of Predictively Useful Biological Response Profiles in Complex Data Sets
Louis Anthony Cox Jr. and Michael Bird

Baseline Approach for Probabilistic Reference Doses, A
Jeff Swartout and Michael L. Dourson

BELLE, A Paradigm Shift?
R. R. Cook

Benchmark Dose Analysis of the Developmental Toxicity of Boric Acid in Rats
Bruce C. Allen and Philip L. Strong

Bioavailability of Soil Lead, The
M. W. Kierski and J. B. Stevens

Biological Effects of Low Level Exposures in Humans
R. R. Cook

Biomedical Ethics as a Model for Environmental Risk Communication
T. W. Lambert and S. E. Hrudey

BMD Modeling and Multiple Endpoints
L. Ryan

Canadian Standards Association: Risk Management Guidelines
James W. Wright

Characterization of Risk Associated with Occupational Exposure to Mevinphos
R. C. Cochran, Tareq A. Formoil, Marilyn H. Silva, Thomas P. Kellner, Carolyn Lewis, and Keith Pfeifer

Characterizing Risk Through Comparative Risk Ranking: Problems with, and Approaches to, the Merging of Human Health, Ecological and Socioeconomic Risk Rankings
P. F. Deisler Jr.

CHECWORKS--An Integrated Software for Enhancing Personnel Safety and Reducing Corrosion Damage in Power Plants
Bindi Chexal, Ramtin Mahini, Douglas Munson, and Jeff Horowitz

Cleanup Levels for Petroleum Contaminated Soil
D. Wong

Coal Blending Optimization Under Uncertainty
Jhih-Shyang Shih and H. Christopher Frey

Combining Risk Estimates from Multiple Epidemiologic Studies: A Distributional Approach
A. I. Shlyakhter

Communication and Perception of Uncertainty: Implications for Informing the Public
Brenda J. Nordenstam

Community-Based Childhood Lead Poisoning Education
Catherine Musham and Dylan Holmes

Comparative Exposure Assessment of EPA Indirect Guidance on Dioxin Using Point Estimates and Monte Carlo Techniques, A
K. L. Hentz, K. A. Williams, and N. J. Karch

Comparative Risk Analysis in Hamilton County: Science and Politics
Vlasta Molak and Walter Handy

Comparative Risk Assessment of 19 Cleaning Products
C. Flessner, L. Randecker, and R. Fares

Comparing Apples and Oranges: Combining Data on Value Judgments
Resha M. Putzrath

Comparing Three Approaches for Deriving Potency Estimates for Acute Noncancer Health Effects: Phosgene--A Case Study
S. Sigethy, I. L. Cote, D. Costa, M. J. Selgrade, and J. J. Vandenberg

Comparison of Diesel Exhaust (De) Unit Risk Estimates Derived from Animal Bioassays
P. A. Valberg, A. Y. Watson, and S. M. McCarthy

Comparison of Four Models for Predicting Blood Lead Levels in Children
J. S. LaKind, S. H. Youngren, T. B. Piccin, and D. Q. Naiman

Comparison of House Dust Lead Exposure Metrics Collected by Vacuum and Wipe Sampling Techniques
J. L. Adgate, P. J. Lioy, G. G. Rhoads, and C. Weisel

Comparison of Methods for Evaluating the Influence of Leaded Paint on Indoor Dust Lead Concentrations
C. Petito Boyce and M. V. Ruby

Comparison of Modeled Exposure Concentrations with Actual Concentrations for Ecological Receptors at a Large Superfund Site
W. R. Alsop, M. E. Stelljes, E. T. Hawkins, and W. Collins

Comparison of RCRA Corrective Action Levels for Soils with Superfund Risk-Based Preliminary Remediation Goals and Soil Screening Levels
D. J. Marino

Comparison of Risks Calculated Using U.S. Environmental Protection Agency External Slope Factors and Radiological Field Measurements at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory and the Potential Aspects on the RI/FS Process
S. T. Dundon, R. Filemyr, and K. J. Holdren

Comprehensive Approach to Developing Soil Cleanup Levels Based on Protection of Groundwater Quality and Indoor Air Quality, A
J. S. Smith, J. M. Farr, and L. Chau

Conservatism in Risk Assessment: A Case of Conceptual Confusion
Ralph M. Perhac Jr.

Considerations for Determining Appropriate Reference Doses for Soluble and Insoluble Trivalent Chromium Compounds
P. A. Malsch, D. M. Proctor, and M. L. Gargas

Cost Comparison (Cost per Salmonella Enteritidis Outbreak Prevented) of a Regulatory Program and a Voluntary Quality Assurance Program for the Control of Salmonella Enteritidis (Se) in Eggs, A
A. T. Hogue and W. D. Schlosser

Could Black Carp Successfully Control Zebra Mussels?
A. P. Wywialowski, J. D. Williams, and L. Nico

Customer Perceptions of Agency Risk Communication
Ann Fisher

Customer Telephone Information Support As a Product Stewardship Tool
J. Fox, D. Gordon, B. Kroening, E. Renner, D. Richardson, and F. Yanno

Data Collection for an Ambient Air Exposure Assessment at a Former Manufactured Gas Plant
Melissa L. Kunkel, Ian D. MacFarlane, Robert Newman, and Robert G. Tardiff

Debunking the Myth of Misuse of Consumer Products by Children: A Necessary Component of Risk Management
M. Brickley and G. Rider

Decision-Analytic Approaches for the Use of Leading Indicators in Risk Management
V. M. Bier and Y. S. Huang

Decreasing Transportation-Related Air Pollution: The Case of Hungary's Capital City
A. Vari, J. W. Rohrbaugh, and J. L. Mumpower

Delaney Clause: Alive, Well and, Finally, Enforceable, The
Al Meyerhoff

Dependency Matrix Generation Using RULE_TESTER
F. R. Hubbard and J.-Y. VanHalle

Dermal and Multi-Route Exposure/Dose Analysis Using Physiologically Based Toxicokinetic Modeling
Panos G. Georgopoulos and Amit Roy

Dermal Exposure to Soil: A Comparison of Parameters Used in Superfund Risk Assessments with Available Experimental Measurements
J. E. Johnson and J. C. Kissel

Developing a Watershed Database for Risk Assessment and Analysis of Cumulative Impact of Land Use Change to Aquatic Habitat
D. F. Bleil, J. G. Ahl, and F. N. Schenerman

Developing Distributions for Use in Probabilistic Exposure Assessment
A. C. Cullen and H. C. Frey

Development of a Risk Project for the Thirty-Kilometres Industrial Area of Tomsk-7
G. S. Andreev, A. L. Merzliakov, and K. F. Vasiliev

Development of a Stochastic Blood Lead Prediction Model
Robert C. Lee, William E. Wright, Walt Haerer, and James R. Fricke

Development of Health-Based Soil Cleanup Levels Based on Monte Carlo Analysis of Occupational Exposures
H. Carlson-Lynch and N. W. Harrington

Development of Human Exposure- and Toxicity-Factor Distributions Using Maximum-Entropy Inference
Robert C. Lee and William E. Wright

Differential Life-Stage Sensitivity to Toxicants Modeled in Three Avian Species
P. E. Woods and C. Wills

Digital Riskscapes
Susan Cutter

Do Monte Carlo Simulations Help Us Better Understand and Explain Risk?
D. Wartenberg, J. Bukowski, and M. A. Gallo

Dose-Tolerance Approaches to Quantitative Risk Assessment
J. Glowa and R. MacPhail

Economics of Radiation Protection: Equity Considerations
T. Schneider, C. Schieber, and L. Eeckhoudt

Educating Citizens About Risk Through Formal Science Education
Michaela Zint and R. Ben Peyton

Effect of Monitoring Well Installations on Risk Assessments of Metals in Groundwater
B. S. Price and M. J. Carpenter

Environmental Risk Reduction--Some Future Opportunities and Unsettled Issues
W. Schaub and D. Barnes

EPA Implementation of New Methods for Noncancer Risk Assessment
C. A. Kimmel

EPA--McLaren/Hart--Chemrisk Joint Project to Develop a Stochastic Approach for Assessing Non-Carcinogenic Risk: A Status Report
R. E. Keenan, M. Dourson, P. S. Price, J. Swartout, and Steave Su

Estimating Distributons for Cleanup Targets
D. E. Burmaster

Estimating Spatial Distribution of Exposure by Integrating Radiotelemetry, Computer Simulation, and GIS
K. R. Dixon, W. D. Henriques, and S. R. Anderson

Estimation of Exposure and Human Health Risks Using Monte Carlo Simulations
Peter T. Katsumata and William E. Kastenberg

Ethical Imperatives Shaping Yucca Mountain Perceptions
Kristin Shrader-Frechette

Evaluating the Efficacy of Source Control Strategies for Managing Public Health Risks of Benzene
David L. MacIntosh, Halûk Özkaynak, and Jianping Xue

Evaluation of a Transboundary Risk Communication Programme: The Case of the Barseback Nuclear Power Plant
Ragnar E. Löfstedt

Evaluation of Potential Interactions of Zinc and Cadmium at a Former Zinc Smelter Site
C. G. Evans, R. A. Schoof, and L. Keill

Evaluation of the Risks Associated with the Ingestion of Lead Contaminated Soil, Water and Plants by Grazing Cattle, An
J. W. Knight, B. D. Beck, and A. P. Toole

Evaluation of Uncertainties in Agricultural Risk Assessments, The
Cheuk S. Liu, William E. Kastenberg, and Donald G. Browne

Examining "Environmental Justice" from a Risk-Based Perspective
Ken Sexton

Experts' and the Public's Perceived Risk of Nuclear Waste
Lennart Sjöberg and Britt-Marie Drottz-Sjöberg

Exposure and Place: Considering the Historical Dimension of Risk
Craig E. Colten

Extrapolation and Modeling
Thomas B. Starr

Finding the Significant Contributors to Outcome Variance: Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis in Complex Models
R. L. Maddalena, T. E. McKone, and D. P. H. Hsieh

Fish and Wildlife Toxicokinetic Modeling and Risk Analysis
D. Glaser and J. P. Connolly

Flux-Based Approach to Risk Decision Making at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, A
R. B. Clapp, S. T. Purucker, and S. R. Pack

Food Chain Evaluations for a Wetland Impacted by Heavy Metals and Arsenic
G. L. Linder, G. A. Pascoe, and R. J. Blanchet

Food Chain Model for Deriving Ecologically Based Remediation Goal Options for Contaminated Soils, A
C. T. Hadden, T. P. Burns, B. W. Cornaby, J. P. Groton Jr., and M. L. Tischler

Formaldehyde: Cancer Risk Assessment Implications of Differences Between Rat and Human Nasal Airway Volume
J. S. Kimbell and R. B. Conolly

From Comparative Risk to Decision Analysis
John Kadvany

Future Risks for Water Supplies
V. Ray and M. Gomez

Future Risks in Environmental Radiation
R. Gonzalez-Mendez and K. J. Kooyoomjian

Future Uses of Department of Energy Sites: A Vortex of Issues and a Myraid of Players
W. Metz, R. Harris, and J. Sparhawk

Fuzzy /Probabilistic Model for Subjective and Probabilistic Uncertainty, A
J. Arlin Cooper

General Model for Exposure and Uptake from Consumer Products, A
M. P. van Veen, T. G. Vermeire, and M. Olling

Granite City, Illinois, Lead Exposure Study
R. Kimbrough, M. LeVois, and D. Webb

Groundwater Exposure Assessment for Human Receptors--Are Unfiltered Monitoring Well Samples the Best Estimators of Potential Human Exposures to Inorganics?
J. H. Peters and M. J. Murphy

Guide for Developing a Conceptual Site Model of a Contaminated Site, A
Fred T. Price, Jeffrey L. Briggs, and Thomas P. Burns

Harmonization of Maximum Residue Limits for Veterinary Drugs
Linda Tollefson and Suzanne Fitzpatrick

Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) Applications in Plant Quarantine
R. L. Griffin

Hazard Analysis in Recreation Facilities--The Best Legal Defense Is Action
F. Wallach

Health Hazard Screening of Chemicals for the Use Cluster Scoring System and the Indoor Air Source Ranking Database
Ernest V. Falke, Ray Kent, Pauline Wagner, and Jim Darr

Health Risk Characterization and Management Practices in the State of California
Krishna Nand

Historical Developments in the Awareness of the Impacts of Industrial Waste Disposal
H. S. Brown and J. A. Shatkin

History and Critique of the Low Dose Paradigm
L. Sagan

History of the Delaney Clause, A
Peter Barton Hutt

Holistic Risk Assessment--A New, More Plural Framework for Private Environmental Risk Considerations
T. Harvey, K. Mahaffey, S. Velazquez, and M. Dourson

How to Develop Physiologically Relevant Pharmacokinetic Models for Skin
A. L. Bunge, K. D. McCarley, and B. E. Vecchia

How to Use Risk Analysis in Rebuilding of a Destroyed and War-Threatened Country (Example of Croatia)
Branimir Molak

Human Factors Project: Computer Models of Anatomy As an Aid to Risk Management
D. Stool and G. Rider

Human Factors Project: Data Acquisition for Computer Models of Anatomy Use in Risk Assessment
F. Rimmel, J. Welling, D. Stool, and G. Rider

Human Foodborne Illness: Databases for Identifying High-Risk Consumers and Estimating Costs of Illness
Katherine Ralston

Human Health and Ecological Risk Characterization for Potential Exposures to Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) in Water
M. J. Klan and M. J. Carpenter

Human Health and Ecological Risk in the Superfund Program--How Has It Been Managed?
M. J. Murphy

Human Health Risk Assessment for Facilities
C. L. Arquiett and C. C. Travis

Identifying Efficient Hazard Mitigation Strategies for Food Safety Regulation
R. M. McDowell

Identifying Priorities for Pesticide Risk Reduction
Fred Kuchle, Katherine Ralston, and Laurian Unnevehr

Impact of Site-Specific Data on PCB-Related Risk Estimates Using Monte Carlo Analysis
J. D. Schell, C. A. Williams, and H. D. Jones

Implication of Evaluating Risks with Concept of Cycle and Linkage of Industrial Services
Tohru Morioka

Improving Risk Communication in the Cleanup of Federal Facilities
S. B. Lawley, A. W. Johnson, and N. V. Rouse

Incorporating Human and Management Factors in Engineering Risk Analysis
Dean M. Murphy and Elisabeth Paté-Cornell

Incorporating Intergenerational Equity Into Risk Management
B. L. Catron and L. Boyer

Independence Assumptions in Probabilistic Risk Assessments
S. Ferson and L. Ginzburg

Indirect Biological and Economic Impacts of Tropical Bont Tick Eradication
S. A. Ferenc

Influence of Personal Risk Perception on the Technical and Scientific Knowledge of Risk Communicators, The
C. Vollono and G. Marsili

Information Problems of a Programme on Safety and Risk Control
Vladimir S. Vagin, Viacheslav G. Teniaev, and Sergei A. Agoshkin

Information Processing and Decision Making About Risk in Citizen Group Organizations: Implications for Risk Communication
Srinivas Emani

Information Value Theory: Informing Global Change Research Priorities
Charles D. Linville

Ingested Arsenic--Are the Taiwanese Data Appropriate for Risk Assessment in the U.S.?
Lisa J. N. Bradley

Innovative Risk Management for Government Acquisition Programs
D. Dunlop, J. D. Gallivan, and T. D. Smith

Institutional Forces Shaping Yucca Mountain Evaluations
Eugene A. Rosa

Integrated Ecological and Human Risk Assessment in Environmental Decisions in the Netherlands
A. G. A. Knaap

Integrated Regional Approach to Risk Management of Industrial Systems, An
S. Chakraborty

Integrated Risk Analysis of Global Climate Change
A. I. Shlyakhter, L. J. Valverde, and Richard Wilson

Integrated Risk Assessment and Strategic Application
Rao V. Kolluru

Integrated Risk Management: An Approach for Identifying and Managing Remedial Risks
C. M. Velicer, M. Dolan, and M. G. Norman

Integrating Ecological and Human Health Risk Assessment into a Risk Communication Strategy
S. C. Lewis

Integrating Objective and Subjective Uncertainties in Ecological Risk: An Example of the Spotted Owl
L. R. Ginzburg, S. Ferson, and L. Goldwasser

Integrating Social Phenomena in Risk Assessment
Michel Gelobter

Kanawha Valley Risk Communication Project: A Case Study Analysis, The
S. L. Santos and D. B. McCallum

Lead in Drinking Water: Uncertainty Analysis of Environmental Transport and Health Risk
B. Ruffle, M. Gerath, and K. Hickey

Lessons Learned from Application of Benchmark Dose Techniques to 246 Developmental Toxicity Datasets
R. J. Kavlock, C. A. Kimmel, E. M. Faustman, and B. C. Allen

Levy Stable Distribution--A Long-Tail Generalization of the Normal Distribution
A. I. Shlyakhter

Life's a Beach: UNOCAL's Risk Communication Efforts on the Central Coast of California
M. F. McDaniel, C. E. Lambert, S. L. Santos, and Janet McClintock

Looking Over the Horizon
R. C. Loehr, E. S. Bender, and R. Flaak

Main Points of a New Approach-Paradigma of the "Sustainable Development" Concept with Due Regards to the Fundamental Changes in Sociatal Systems and Structures, Including Technological Activities in Russia
Gleb S. Sergeev

Making Wildlife Exposure Estimates More Realistic
B. E. Sample

Managing Process Changes and Toxics Use Reduction Through Risk Assessment
Laura M. Tyls, Young C. McGuinn, and Edward V. Sargent

Managing Site Risks in Superfund: A Ten Year Review
S. Siddhanti, C. L. Caravoulias, J. Catalano, and S. Jobe

Measuring Success in Pollution Prevention Activities for Managing the Risks of Chemical Pollutants
Samuel J. Ratick, Dale Hattis, James Cummings-Saxton, Anand Desai, and Holly Morehouse Garriga

Measuring the Effectiveness of an Egg Monitoring and Diversion Program in Reducing the Risk of Se Contamination of Eggs from Layer Flocks
W. D. Schlosser, S. Hurd, and A. T. Hogue

Media Risk and Accident Reports in Capitalist, Communist and Post-Communist Societies
Lennart Sjöberg

Medical Educators' Attitudes Toward Environmental Health Education
Catherine Musham, Janis P. Bellack, David R. Graber, and Dylan Holmes

Mental Models: A Proposed Approach to Eliciting from Individuals the Monetary Value of Food Safety
C. T. Jordan Lin

Method for Characterizing Current and Future Population Risk Due to Long-Term, Time-Varying Exposures, A
R. Singh and B. L. Jones

Methodological Approach to Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Road Transport of Dangerous Goods, A
G. Marsili, L. Lauria, E. Sotgiu, and C. Putignano

Modified Farmer's Approach to the Safety and Risk Evaluation for Nuclear Objects, A
Gennadiy A. Tyrin and Boris M. Zvonaryov

Monte Carlo Assessment of Microbial Risk Associated with Landfilling of Fecal Material
Charles N. Haas, Jin Anotai, and Richard S. Engelbrecht

Monte Carlo-Based Approach for Generating Remediation Goals in Superfund Actions, A
Zachary Pekar

Monte Carlo Simulation: How Many Replications Are Enough?
Michael E. Ginevan

More Realistic Exposure Durations for More Realistic People
R. L. Sielken Jr.

NASA Approach to Safety Specification and Demonstration, The
B. Buchbinder

Natural Risk Assessment Procedure (Basic Principles)
Álexei L. Ragozin

New Approach to Safety and Risk Problems Teaching, A
A. Gennadiy Tyrin

New Developments in Wildlife Food Web Exposure Modeling
R. A. Pastorok, A. H. Parsons, and M. K. Butcher

Nonlinear Cell Kinetics Can Explain Observed Anomalies in Dose-Time-Response Patterns
L. A. Cox Jr. and M. B. Paxton

Oak Ridge Reservation in the 21st Century: Participatory Planning for Future Uses
R. K. White and M. R. English

Objections to Realism in Risk Assessment: Impediments to the Widespread Adoption of Distributional (Monte Carlo) Analysis
Paul D. Anderson and John D. Graham

Obtaining Realistic Exposure Estimates Around Hot Spots Using Probabilistic Uncertainty Analysis: An Elk Foraging Model
J. W. Appling and L. H. Pye

Off the Wall Risk Assessments--Can We Quantify Exposure and Risk to Contaminated Indoor Building Surfaces
J. A. Duchene

Optimization under Uncertainty: A Case Study in System Reliability
Laura Painton and Paul Fischbeck

Optimizing Sitewide Risk and Sitewide Remediation Costs
S. R. Pack and E. D. Deporter

Organizational Factors Influencing Toxic Chemical Release Reduction As Pollution Prevention: A Case of U.S. Paper Industry
William D. Solecki

Organizational Learning About Risk Communication
C. Chess, M. Tamuz, and M. Greenberg

Overview of the Benchmark Dose Method for Use in Determining Acceptable Exposures
K. S. Crump

Perceived Risks of On-Site Storage of High Level Nuclear Waste
Gilbert W. Bassett Jr., Hank Jenkins-Smith, and Carol Silva

Perceptions of Global Warming: Causes and Effects
William J. Wheeler

Perspectives on Dermal Exposure Assessment
John L. Schaum, Karen A. Hammerstrom, Kim Hoang, and William P. Wood

Petroleum Contamination, Analyses, and Risks
M. J. Carpenter, B. S. Price, and M. M. Poirier

Plant Pest Risk Assessment at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Alina E. Stahevitch

Policy Implications of Synergy and Potentiation of Atmospheric Pollutants from Agriculture, Industry, and Transportation: A Spatial Examination of Toxics in San Joaquin County, California
John P. Tiefenbacher

Port of El Paso Risk Assessment, The
C. E. Miller and R. L. Griffin

Predicting Blood Lead Concentration Using a Physiologically-Based Model
E. J. O'Flaherty

Prediction of Adult Blood Lead Levels from Multiple Lead Sources Including Soil and Dust: Implications for Soil Lead Cleanup Levels
T. S. Bowers and B. D. Beck

Prediction of Toxicity: Are We Attacking the Right Problem?
C. J. Portier

Preliminary Exposure and Health Risk Estimates for Outdoor Workers in 9 Urban Areas Under Selected Air Quality Scenarios
H. Richmond, R. Whitfield, M. Absil, T. Johnson, J. Capel, and M. McCoy Jr.

Preliminary Remediation Goals and Soil Screening Levels: A Comparison of Three Derivation Methods for the Ingestion of Residential Soil
M. A. Silkowski, S. E. Buckley, and M. J. Murphy

Prevalence of Shigellosis in the U.S.: Consistency with Dose-Response Information
C. S. Crockett and C. N. Haas

Proactive Risk Communication Strategies: Techniques for Improving Community Relationships Through Environmental Education and Outreach
C. Ames and D. Strong

Probabilistic Approach to Estimating Soil Exposure Point Concentrations, A
Nancy Bettinger

Probabilistic Engineering-Economic Evaluation of Advanced Process Technologies
H. Christopher Frey and Edward S. Rubin

Probabilistic Uncertainty Analysis of a Nonpoint Source Pollution Model, A
C. B. Griffin

Probability Analysis of TCE Cancer Bioassay Data in the B6C3F1 Mice Using PBPK/PBPD Modeling: A Conceptual Framework
S. G. Das, J. Z. Byczkowski, and J. W. Fisher

Probability, Direct Inference, and a Conceptual Gulf in Risk Communication
V. R. Walker

Procedure for Simultaneous Calculation of Sensitivities in Probabilistic Risk Assessments, A
S. Uryasev and A. Shlyakhter

Process Control: What a Manufacturer Can Do to Address and Reduce the Risk Associated with Consumer Products
L. Bas and G. Rider

Public Responses to Uncertainty in Health Risk Assessment: First-Year Results
B. B. Johnson and P. Slovic

Quantitative Assessment of the Risk of Disease Transmission by Bovine Embryo Transfer
P. Sutmoller and A. E. Wrathall

Quantitative Assessment Problems of Safety Activities for Organizations Team in Nuclear Industry (NI)
Vitaly A. Eremenko and Oleg V. Andreev

Reducing Uncertainty in Ecological Risk Assessment--The Pros of Measuring Contaminant Exposures
J. A. Burris and A. Pease

Reduction of the Risks Presented by Consumer Products During the Stages of Design and Manufacturing
T. Xu and G. Marsh

Relationship of Hazard Experience, Perception and Worry to Public Reliance on Risk Communication Channels, The
Robert J. Griffin, Sharon Dunwoody, Fernando Zabala, and Megan Kamerick

Reliability of a Simple Model for Estimating Long-Term Soil Contaminant Inventory and Flux in Exposure Assessments, The
T. E. McKone, R. L. Maddalena, and D. P. H. Hsieh

Remediation Goals for Mercury in Soil: Use of Chemical Speciation Data, Bioavailability Studies, and Monte Carlo Simulation
F. Zafran, L. Cain, J. Skibinski, and L. Meredith

Replicability of Dose-Response Curves in Teratologic Experiments
M. Razzaghi, S. C. Freni, and G. E. Moore

Residential Air Exchange Rates in the United States: Empirical and Estimated Parametric Distributions by Season and Climatic Region
D. M. Murray and D. E. Burmaster

Resolving Uncertainty in Scientific Evidence for Environmental Trials
L. A. Reynolds and S. E. Hrudey

Results from Expert Elicitation of Climate Scientists
M. Granger Morgan and David Keith

Results of a Study on the Long-Term Impacts of a Disposal Facility for Canada's Nuclear Fuel Waste
J. G. Szekely, T. H. Andres, B. W. Goodwin, D. M. LeNeveu, T. M. Melnyk, and R. Zach

Retrospective Probabilistic Human Health Risk Assessment for Lead and Mercury in an Electrical Component Processing Center, A
Mark Bowland, Mark Jones, Lee Shull, and Chris Callegari

Revenue Risk As a Function of Firm Size in Food-Safety Incidents
M. D. Weiss

Reversing the Direction of Risk Communication: Bringing Stakeholders Into the Risk Equation at a Contaminated Site
S. McCracken, M. MacDonell, L. Haroun, and J. Peterson

Review of the NCRP Uranium Recommendations, A
John R. Johnson

Revised EPA Methodology for Estimating Radiogenic Cancer Risks, The
C. B. Nelson and J. s. Puskin

Right-to-Know About Risk: Improving the TRI
K. Kunzer and A. Sachde

Risk Analysis in Engineering Economics
K. A. Williams

Risk Analysis of Disk Batteries
G. Rider and Nancy Rivera

Risk and Benefits of Urban Life: The Conception of "Sustainable Development" or How to Solve This Problem Without Tears, The
R. G. Aziyev, R. L. Gurevich, and L. I. Kuz'min

Risk and Rationality in Decision-Making: Exposing the Underlying Values Used When Confronted by Analytical Uncertainties
D. W. Schnare

Risk Assessment and the Hazard Ranking System
S. E. Buckley, M. A. Silkowski, and J. A. Burris

Risk Assessment: Baseline to Site Closure
K. M. Johnson

Risk Assessment of Emissions from a Household Hazardous Waste Management Facility
S. L. Brown, O. Hassiotis, and C. Seigneur

Risk Assessment on a Field Application of Live Recombinant Rabies Viral Vaccine in Baits for Raccoons
R. S. Morley and P. Silva

Risk Assessment Paradigm for Environmental Justice, A
Benjamin Goldman

Risk Assessment Strategies for Microbial Food Safety in Canada
A. M. Lammerding, W. B. McNab, R. Irwin, and C. A. Muckle

Risk Assessment Strategies in a Federal Agency with a Wide Range of Risk Responsibilities
A. S. Ahl

Risk-Based Decision Making at a Mixed Waste Site
S. McCracken, M. MacDonell, L. Haroun, J. Peterson, and D. Blunt

Risk-Based Scoring of Consumer/Commercial Products and Materials Based on Their Potential Contribution to Indoor Air Pollution
Christina A. Cinalli, Pauline K. Johnston, John R. Girman, Patrick W. Kennedy, James F. Darr, Michael D. Koontz, and Greg Schweer

Risk-Based Screening Approach for Estimating Groundwater Impacts at Petroleum Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Sites
J. P. Butler, D. Tomasko, E. H. Cho, and B. Lucas

Risk Communication Training for Local Health Officials: A Report of the Nacho Long-Term Evaluation
Heidi M. Klein, Deborah Dorman, and Christine Rosheim

Risk Comparisons and Public Reaction to Radiation
Lars Persson

Risk, Costs, and the Legitimation of Public Policy
Robert W. Lake

Risk Environment Determines the Risk Assessment, The
M. D. Brandyberry and E. M. Dougherty

Risk Estimation for Continuous Data: Neurotoxic Effects
D. W. Gaylor and W. Slikker Jr.

Risk Issues for Chloroform
Byron E. Butterworth

Risk Management for Reactivity Control During Refueling
Bindi Chexal, Ramtin Mahini, M. J. Anderson, and J. R. Glazier

Risk Maps As a Basis for Optimal Management Decisions on Land Utilization and Engineering Protection of the Caspian Coast
Sergei G. Mironyok, Alexei L. Ragozin, and Vera A. Pirchenko

Risk Perception and the Psychometric Paradigm: In Search of New Methods
M. M. Raats, P. Sparks, and S. Grugeon

Risk Perception, Risk Presumption in Children at Play: The Learning Experience
F. Wallach

Risk Reduction and Risk Management Using of On-Line Expert Systems
D. D. Orvis and V. Joksimovich

Risk Synthesis for Project Management
Guru N. Rao

Risks of Rain: Linking Risk Management and Risk Assessment for Flood Damage Control
Rae Zimmerman

Roundtable Discussion on BMD Application and Research Implications
J. Vandenberg, C. Kimmel, K. Crump, R. Kavlock, D. Gaylor, J. Glowa, and L. Ryan

Scientific Uncertainty and Its Influence on the Public Communication Process: NATO Advanced Research Workshop Update
Virginia Sublet, Vincent Covello, Max Lum, and Tim Tinker

Screening Analysis of Ambient Monitoring Data to Examine Noncancer Health Effects Resulting from Exposure to Hazardous Air Pollutants, A
D. Rak, I. L. Cote, and J. J. Vandenberg

Screening Product Related Injuries to Children in a Regional Pediatric Center
C. M. Wade

Search Algorithm Based Method for Analysis of Absolute Sensitivities of Models of a Large Number of Parameters, A
Zhen Zhang and Hong Zhang

Selecting the Appropriate Shower Model for Determining Risk from Inhalation of Volatile Compounds While Showering
K. M. Koblis

Sensitivity Analysis of Screening-Level Vapor Intrusion Models for Residential Basements Overlying Contaminated Groundwater
D. A. Johnson, C. Susiene, and K. Johnson

Simulation Method for Constructing More Informative Upper Confidence Limits on Dose-Response Functions, A
Louis Anthony Cox Jr.

Social and Psychological Consequences of the Chernobyl Accident
B.-M. Drottz-Sjöberg, G. M. Rumyantseva, H. V. Arkhangelskaya, A. Nyagu, L. A. Ageeva, A. N. Martyushov, and I. Gorbovskaya

Space-Hardware Design for Long Life with High Reliability
R. F. Miles Jr., T. E. Gindorf, and G. B. Murphy

Spatial Scale in Ecological Risk Assessment
B. W. Cornaby, T. P. Burns, C. T. Hadden, S. V. Mitz, and P. F. Ryan

Specific Problems and Tasks of Professional Risk Analysts in Russia
Vitaly A. Eremenko and Oksana V. Schilova

Speculation and Science: The Empirical Reality of "Anticipatory" Impacts
William R. Freudenburg

SRA Distribution Development Document: Comments, Critique, and Perspective, The
T. E. McKone

Statistical Approach to Estimate Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbon Concentrations in Soils Containing Oil-Field Derived Wastes, A
S. R. Custance, D. Wayne Berman, and Bruce Allen

Stigma Happens: Psychological Forces Shaping Yucca Mountain
Paul Slovic, J. Flynn, and R. Gregory

Stochastic Gaussian Plume Risk Assessment Model, A
A. M. Gard and T. Ta

Technologies and Contaminants Posing the Greatest Risk to Workers During Remediation of U.S. Department of Energy Waste Sites
Jim Hutchison and Curtis C. Travis

Technology Effectiveness in Remediating Contaminated Soil Sites Based on Risk Reduction
Irene Datskou and Curtis C. Travis

Tissue- and Dose-Based Approach to Ecological Risk Assessment, A
F. M. Applehans, D. J. Tate, M. L. Jones, K. A. Cothern, J. E. Toll, and J. Armstrong

To Picnic or to Process Gas
Ginger Gibson

Total and Incremental Cost of Risk Reduction at Remediated Superfund Sites, The
K. D. Walker, J. S. Evans, J. K. Hartwell, M. Sadowitz, H. Zhou, and J. D. Graham/I>

Toxicological Basis to Derive a Generic Interspecies Uncertainty Factor, A
Edward J. Calabrese

Toxicological Profile and Exposure Assessment of Ethylene Chlorohydrin in Hams
Kamala K. Tripathi

Transportation-Seclusion Tradeoffs in Managing Nuclear Waste
Gilbert W. Bassett Jr. Lidney Clarke

Treatment of Uncertainties in Dynamic Systems Description: Interval Technique, The
V. G. Krymsky

Uncertainties in "Estimating Exposures to Dioxin-Like Compounds"
M. Lorber, D. Cleverly, and J. Schaum

Unconfounding Content and Structure in the Mental Models Approach for Risk Communication Design
Cynthia J. Atman and Ann Bostrom

Uptake of Mercury by Foodchain: The Effect of Variability in Chemical Speciation and Environmental Characteristics
Elpida Constantinou, Christian Seigneur, Mark Gerath, David Mitchell, and Betsy Ruffle

U.S. EPA Risk Communication Research Roundtable 1: Defining Practitioner Needs
Caron Chess and Lynn Desautels

U.S. EPA Risk Communication Research Roundtable 2: Public Responses to Uncertainty in Health Risk Assessment
B. B. Johnson and P. Slovic

Use Cluster Scoring System: A Use Based Approach to Setting Priorities, The
Daniel Fort, Paul Quillen, Jay Jon, Jim Darr, Jim Kwiat, and Rick Mattick

Use of a Priority Rating Process to Sort Meat-Borne Zoonotic Agents in Beef
K. E. Petersen, W. O. James, A. M. Thaler, A. T. Hogue, and R. D. Ragland

Use of Chernobyl Data to Test Predictions and Uncertainty Estimates from Exposure Assessment Models, The
F. Owen Hoffman

Use of Field Studies to Evaluate Uncertainties in Ecological Risk Assessments
James A. Koutzman

Use of Probabilistic Expert Judgment in Uncertainty Analysis of Carcinogenic Potency
George M. Gray, John S. Evans, Robert L. Seilken Jr., Andrew E. Smith, Ciriaco Valdez-Flores, and John D. Graham

Use of Probabilistic Exposure Assessment Methods in Ecological Risk Assessments for CERCLA and RCRA Sites
P. J. Sheehan

Use of Risk Assessment and Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon Fingerprinting Analysis to Support Closure of a Site
J. E. Ryer-Powder and M. J. Sullivan

Use of Risk Assessment As a Tool in Responsible Care, The
S. E. Holm, M. A. Dulany, and M. N. Norman

Use of Uncertainty Factor for Postnatal Toxicity. I: Postnatal Effects Considerations
L. O. Lim and N. R. Reed

Use of Uncertainty Factor for Postnatal Toxicity. II: Age-Specific Sensitivity Considerations
N. R. Reed and L. O. Lim

USEPA Integrated Exposure Uptake Biokinetic (IEUBK) Model for Lead in Children, The
S. Griffin

USEPA's Reassessment of the Health Effects of Dioxin and Related Compounds
W. Farland, L. Birnbaum, and P. Preuss

Uses of Probabilistic Exposure and Dose Models in Environmental Health Management and Risk Assessments
David L. MacIntosh, Jianping Xue, and Halûk Özkaynak

Using Comparative Risk Assessments for Environmental Equity: Legal and Methodological Obstacles
C. J. Haymore, R. E. O'Connor, and G. A. Pascual

Using Search Theory to Locate Hot Spot Environmental Contamination
Karen Jenni and Paul Fischbeck

Using the EPC Approach to Develop Interim Reference Doses for Environmental Chemicals
Holli D. Jones, Richard W. Freeman, R. C. James, and Cris A. Williams

Value of Research in Support of Carcinogen Regulation: Two Case Studies, The
D. Warner North

Values, Perceptions and Ethics in Environmental Risk Decision Making
C. R. Cothern

Variability in International Criteria for Chemical Toxicity: Comparison of Methods and Criteria Developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection in the Netherlands
R. A. Rudel, T. M. Kinkaid, and B. D. Beck

Varieties of Risk, The
Wesley R. Dean and Paul B. Thompson

Vulnerability Analysis in the Straits of Malacca
Kirstin Dow

Warming Up to Decisions About Risk: A Mental Models Study on Correcting Misconceptions About Global Climate Change
Ann Bostrom and Cynthia J. Atman

What Factors Determine Trust in Information About Technological Hazards
L. J. Frewer, R. Shepherd, and C. Howard

What Is Risk Characterization?
Larisa Rudenko

Worker Risks: Assessing Exposures and Accidents During Cleanup Actions at Department of Energy Sites
J. Peterson, M. Davis, M. MacDonell, L. Haroun, K. Picel, and D. Blunt

Yucca Mountain in International Context
Roger E. Kasperson


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