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Abstracts from the 1995 Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting

Table of Contents

Acceptable Risk Considerations for Dam Safety
D. S. Bowles

Accounting for Missing Bioassay Data in Uncertainty Analysis of Population Thresholds for Noncancer Health Effects
A. I. Shlyakhter and J. S. Evans

Activities of the Arsenic Task Force
W. Chappell

Acute Exposure Human Health Risks from the Accidental Release of Hazardous Substances
H. M. Hartmann and A. J. Policastro

Addressing Ecological Risks at Contaminated U.S. Department of Energy Sites
John Bascietto, Ihor Hlohowskyj, Lynne Haroun, and Margaret MacDonell

Advantages of Using Biologically Motivated Dose-Response Models in Cancer Risk Assessment
Suresh Moolgavkar

Alternate Modeling Approaches for Contaminant Fate in Soils: Uncertainty, Variability, and Reliability
T. E. McKone

Analysis of Lead-Contaminated House Dust and Blood Lead Levels in Urban Children
D. E. Jacobs and B. P. Lanphear

Animal Studies in Support of a Risk Assessment of Polycyclic Organic Matter (POM) in Fine Particulates
L. S. Goldstein

Application of a Monte Carlo Based Approach for Modeling Noncarcinogenic Dose Response
Jeff Swartout, Linda Knauf-Teuschler, Paul S. Price, Carol A. Gillis, and Russell E. Keenan

Application of the Modular Risk Analysis Approach to the Hanford 200 Area Endstate Analysis
John W. Buck, Karl J. Castleton, and James L. Stroh

Approach for Qualitatively Evaluating the Potential Impact of Tentatively Identified Compounds (TICS) at Contaminated Sites
T. C. Marshall and M. Maddaloni

Aquatic Fate Assessment Method for Consumer Product Ingredients in Japan
C. E. Cowan, A. Yamamoto, D. C. McAvoy, and E. Namkung

Assessing the Reliability of Water Resources Systems Under Climate Uncertainty
E. Z. Stakhiv

Assessment of Application and Post-Application Exposures to Chemicals Released from Consumer Products Principles and Case Studies
Gary K. Whitmyre, Jeffrey H. Driver, and Michael E. Ginevan

Assessment of Environmental Justice in California: The Impact of Race and Income on the Distribution of Cumulative Exposures to Air Toxics, An
Rachel Morello-Frosch, Tracey Woodruff, Frederic Bois, and William Pease

Assessment of Potential Impacts of SO2 on Mild or Moderate Exercising Asthmatics, An
L. R. Shull, K. J. Yost, M. K. Jones, R. Bates, and B. Pugh

Assessment of Risks Associated with Molinate Usage
R. C. Cochran, T. A. Formoli, J. M. Lee, and K. F. Pfeifer

Assessment of the Potential Neuropathic Risk to Banana Workers from Dermal Exposure to Chlorpyrifos
L. M. Plunkett, S. L. Brown, and N. J. Rachman

Automated Software System for Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling Using Parallel Processing on Intel Paragon Supercomputer, An
Zhen Zhang, Hong Zhang, and Eberhard O. Voit

Avoiding Pitfalls in Probabilistic Health Risk Assessments
R. C. Lee and J. C. Simpson

Bayesian Decision Theoretic Approach for Sample Design to Support Risk Assessement, A
P. K. Black, J. L. Lewis, and C. A. Newton

Bayesian Learning About Climate Change in a Stochastic Environment
David Kelly and Charles D. Kolstad

Benchmark Dose Concept: Questionable Utility for Risk Assessment? The
T. B. Starr

Bicycle Safety at Intersections--A Before and After Study
Per Näsman

Biological Bases for the Dose-Response Assessment of 2,3,7,8-TCDD in Multistage Hepatocarcinogenesis in the Rat
H. C. Pitot, Y. P. Dragan, J. Teeguarden, and H. Campbell

Biologically Based Dose Response (BB-DR) Models for Dioxin Hepatocarcinogenicity
M. E. Andersen

British Columbia Human Health Risk Assessment Framework, The
R. C. Lee, G. Fox, R. Zapf-Gilje, M. McFarlane, L. Swenson, and B. Kelman

Building Consensus for Risk-Based Decision Making: Developing and Implementing Sound Environmental Policies and Programs
Michael Barainca, Gale Carlson, Margaret MacDonell, Debbie Elcock, and Loren Habegger

Cattle Tissue Sampling and Analysis for Use in Multiple Pathway Risk Assessment of PCDDs, PCDFs
T. L. Copeland and R. H. Pesin

Cell Proliferation and Killing: New Twists in Multistage Cancer Risk Extrapolation
K. T. Bogen

Challenges Associated with the Use of Biologically-Based Models in Risk Assessment
Kenny S. Crump

Characterizing Perceptions of Ecological Risk
Tim McDaniels, Larry Axelrod, and Paul Slovic

CIIT: Reducing Uncertainty in Assessing Risks of Chemical Exposures
R. O. McClellan

Citizen's Guide to Health Risk in Canada: A Cross-Cultural Dialog, A
Christina Lindsay

Clinical Risk Evaluation Research: A Clinical Study to Assess the Potential for Hand-Held Wireless Phones to Interfere with Implanted Pacemakers
G. K. Findlay and G. L. Carlo

Collection, Use, and Impact of Site-Specific Distributional Exposure Duration Data As an Alternative to Default Assumptions
R. L. Sielken Jr. and B. A. Trenary

Combustion-Source Particulate Air Pollution and Human Health
C. Arden Pope, III

Commission on Risk Assessment and Risk Management: Emerging Findings and Recommendations
Gilbert S. Omenn

Communication of Environmental Risk: Bridging the Gap Between Scientific Information and Legal Decision-Making
L. A. Reynolds

Communication of Epidemiologic Information: A Case Study Review
Susan L. Santos and Anne Chebot

Comparative Perspective on Miners' Risk Management, A
Kavian Lanjani and K. Ohlsson

Comparative Risk Analysis of Explosive Accident Scenarios Versus Human Health Risks Posed by an Inactive Material Disposal Area at Los Alamos National Laboratory
J. P. McCann, C. K. Rofer and J. C. Bueck

Comparative Risk and Public Values
P. Mariella

Comparative Risk and the CMA
J. Solyst

Comparative Risk As a Piece of the Priority Setting Process
K. Jones

Comparative Study of Regional Formaldehyde Uptake in the Nasal Passages of F344 Rats and Rhesus Monkeys, A
J. S. Kimbell, G. M. Kepler, E. A. Gross, E. A. Cohen Hubal, R. B. Conolly, and K. T. Morgan

Comparing Different Approaches to Risk Assessment Modeling: Problems and Opportunities
John P. Weyant

Comparing Environmental Risks: Can Scientists Satisfy Politicians' Demands?
William S. Pease

Comparison of Allowable Exposures to Pesticides in Air, Water, Soil, and Food
M. A. Kamrin

Comparison of Approaches for Developing Distributions for Carcinogenic Slope Factors
C. P. Petito Boyce

Comparison of DOE's Recently Developed Risk Prioritization Model With Other Priority-Setting Tools Used for Ranking Hazardous Waste Sites
E. M. Faustman, G. van Belle, T. G. Ewers, J. A. Moore, C. Powers, M. Greenberg, and G. S. Omenn

Comparison of Human Health and Ecological Risk-Based Screening Concentrations for Chemicals in Fish and Shellfish
B. K. Shephard and R. A. Thompson

Comparison of Physicochemical Characteristics of Suspended Air Particulates in Seoul Between Cities
Y. Chung, D. C. Shin, and S. E. Park

Comparison of Recent Chemical Substance Regulations in Asian Countries and Future Problems,
Teruo Oshima

Comparison of Risk Estimates Among Various Exposure Scenarios of Volatile Organic Compounds in Tap Water, A
Y. Chung, D. C. Shin, J. M. Kim and S. E. Park

Comparison of Risk Perception Among Different Population Groups As Assessed by a Conventional Risk Ranking Technique
Sadayoshi Kobayashi, Reiko Kanda, and Kenzo Fujimoto

Comparison of Soil Cleanup Goals for Acute, Subchronic, and Chronic Exposures
K. M. Johnson, K. Swingle, and K. Jennings

Comprehensive Realism's Weight-of-Evidence Based Distributional Risk Characterizations for Cancer and Noncancer Health Effects
R. L. Sielken Jr.

Comprehensive Soil Gas Model for Assessing Indoor Air Risks, A
R. A. Perona, G. P. Brorby, and J. Wilson

Concentration: Area Curve Models For Evaluating Exposure and Risks to Terrestrial Receptors
C. Menzie and J. Freshman

Consensus Building in Planning an Intermediate Waste Treatment Plant
Sachihiko Harashina

Consideration on Trade-Off Problems in Surface Soil Cleanup, A
H. Yasuda

Contribution of Fish to the Arsenic Exposure in Taiwan
K. J. Irgolic and W. Goessler

Contribution of Risk Analysis and Management Methodology in Syllabuses of Training Personal Responsible for Environmental and Human Health Safety and Emergency Handling in Russia
O. V. Schilova and V. A. Eremenko

Copula Model For Accident Precursor Analysis, A
W. Yi and V. M. Bier

Copying Strategy and Risk Communication of the Population Involved in the Chernobyl Accident
Galina Rumyantseva, Peter Allen, and Dasha Pliplina

Correcting Misconceptions with Risk Communication Texts: Is a Myth-Fact Box a Good Idea?
A. Bostrom and C. J. Atman

Cost Effectiveness Analysis of Various Kinds of Risk Reduction Policies--A Comparative Study
A. Kishimoto

Cost Per Life-Saved in the Prohibition of Chlordane in Japan--An Estimate Based on Risk Assessment Integrating the Cancer and the Noncancer, The
Toshihiro Oka, Masashi Gamo, and Junko Nakanishi

Credible Science for Decisions: The Design and Experience of the Health Effects Institute
Daniel S. Greenbaum

Critical Comparison of Exposure Factors in the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic and the USA, A
A. Cullen, J. Ruprich, and F. Hruba

Cross-Cultural Comparisons of Risk Perception: The Meaning of Intra-National and Cross-National Differences for Risk Communication
B. Rohrmann

Cross-Cultural Risk Analysis of Childhood Injuries, A
M. Brickley and D. Greaves

Cross-Cultural View of Japanese Perceived Health Risks Towards the Public and the Private Among Other Two Countries--U.S. and France, A
H. Hirose

Cultural Comparison of Risk Taking Philosophy
K. I. Pido

Culture Shock: A Comparison of the Use of Risk Assessment in Commercial Nuclear Power Plants and Department of Energy Facilities
William D. Salyer, Gloria J. Dyer, and Robert B. Cumming

Cumulative Exposure to Air Toxics: Exposure Modeling for Outdoor Sources
A. S. Rosenbaum and M. P. Ligocki, D. Atkinson, D. Axelrad, and T. J. Woodruff

Cumulative Exposures of Air Toxics: Exposure Modeling for Indoor Sources
M. P. Ligocki, A. S. Rosenbaum, P.S. Stiefer, D. Axelrad, T. J. Woodruff, and D. Atkinson

Current Trends in Comparative Risk Projects
K. Kramer

Current Trends in Risk Assessment--The Australian Experience
K. J. Lloyd

Cybernetic Risk Analysis
Kevin Foster

Dam Safety: A Comparison of Flood Hazard Criteria with Acceptable Risk Criteria
David S. Bowles, Loren R. Anderson, and Terry F. Glover

Data Quality Objectives For CERCLA Investigative Process: A Ground Water Case Study
R. Horner, E. Wang, A. Suetter, S. Gross, and R. Sturm

Defining the Statistical Moments of Small Data Sets: Indoor Activity Patterns Case Study
T. E. McKone, K. L. Kiefer, R. C. Currie, S. Geng, and D. P. H. Hsieh

Demographic Analysis of the Distribution of Cumulative Exposure to Air Toxics in the United States
T. J. Woodruff, D. A. Axelrad, R. Morello-Frosch, M. P. Ligocki, and R. D. Atkinson

Derivation and Use of Risk-Based Action Levels UNDER RCRA Corrective Action at Los Alamos National Laboratory
A. M. Dorries and J. P. McCann

Determination of Background Metal and Radionuclide Soil Concentrations
S. M. Rood, G. A. Harris, and G. J. White

Determining and Communicating the Uncertainty of Risk Estimates
Bernard D. Goldstein

Developing Health-Based Cleanup Goals for Tetrachloroethene and Its Biotransformation Products in the Presence of Petroleum Hydrocarbons
Xuannga Mahini, Michelle Medeiros, and Rachel Konishi

Development and Validation of Models for Evaluating Health and Ecological Risks to Native American Pueblos in the Vicinity of Los Alamos National Laboratory
A. M. Dorries, L. Naranjo, Jr., O. B. Meyers, and J. L. Lewis

Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Risk Analysis Training Seminar for Executives
J. Z. Temple and C. Musham

Development of Risk-Based Regulatory Levels Under Proposition 65
Sara Hoover, Louise Lee, Andrew Salmon, Page Painter, and Laura Zeise

Dietary Contributions to Nicotine Body Burden
L. B. Gratt and W. R. Chappell

Dietary Exposures to Selected Metals and Pesticides
D. L. MacIntosh, J. D. Spengler, H. Özkaynak, and P. B. Ryan

Differences Between the Perception of Radiation Risk and Actual Behavior of the Population in the Contaminated Areas and the Vicinity After the Chernobyl Accident
Hennriette V. Arkhangelskaya, Irina A. Zynova, and Britt-Marie Drottz-Sjöberg

Disaggregate Distributions of Environmental Exposure and Risk: Synthesis and Implications for Environmental Equity
M. J. Small, E. S. Siegel, and R. L. Axtell

Distributive Justice Values and the Acceptability of Compensations in a Siting Conflict Context
C. Zwetkoff

Does Congress Use Science?
James D. Wilson

Does Wholeability Really Bear Any Medical Risks in Child Treatment?--A Research on Relationship Between a Nurse's Consciousness and Occurrence of Accident in Pediatrics Unit
Michiko Ebina and Fumiaki Yasukawa

Dose Assessment for Children of Agricultural Families Exposed to Pesticides in Housedust and Soil
R. A. Fenske and J. C. Kissel

Dose-Response Modeling of Continuous Responses from Developmental Neurotoxicity Experiments
M. Razzaghi

Earthquake Hazards Response in California and Japan: A Cross-Cultural Comparison
R. I. Palm and S. Kitayama

Ecological Assessments in Comparative Risk Projects: New Directions
M. Snyder

Ecological Risk and the Military Base-Closure Process
Michael Johnson

Ecological Risk Assessment at Fort ORD: Monte Carlo Analysis of Modeled Exposures and Potential Effects
W. R. Alsop, M. E. Stelljes, B. R. DeShields, and E. T. Hawkins

Ecological Risk Assessment Using the RESRAD-ECORISK Computer Code
I. Hlohowskyj, J. J. Cheng, E. Euskirchen, C. Yu, and S. Y. Chen

Ecological Risk Assessments for Protected Migratory Birds and Marine Species at Midway Atoll
B. K. Hope, S. Scatolini, and D. Lees

Economic Analysis of Risk and Insurance: Beyond Frieman and Savage
Yasuhiro Sakai

Ecosystem-Level Ecological Risk Assessment Using Soil Microbial Community Structure As Indicator/Predictor of Ecosystem Health
P. G. Cole

Ecosystem-Level Ecological Risk Assessment Using Soil Microbial Community Structure As Indicator/PreEmpirical Examination of Factors Influencing Prediction of Carcinogenic Hazard Across Species, An
George M. Gray, Ping Li, and Richard Wilson

Effect of Biosphere Model Changes on the Results of a Case Study on the Long-Term Impacts of Disposal of Canada's Nuclear Fuel Waste
J. G. Szekely, W. C. Hajas, B. W. Goodwin, L. C. Wojciechowski, and R. Zach

Effect of Graphical Representation of Probability on Understanding of Risk, The
T. Kikkawa

Effect of Risk Communication: A Laboratory Experiment, The
T. Kinoshita and T. Kikkawa

Effective Redundancy--The Key to Safe Systems
Ted W. Yellman

Environmental Decision Support Methodology & Automation, An
E. K. Webb, S. H. Conrad, L. A. Snyder, D. P. Gallegos, P. B. Merkle, T. A. Feeney, and E. Kalinina

Environmental Health Patient Education
Catherine Musham and J. Kirkpatrick-Holdsworth

Environmental Priority Setting: The Role of (Government) Scientists and Analysts
C. Chociolko

Environmental Uncertainty: The Influence of Framing Effects on Perceptions of Risk and Safety
Brenda J. Nordenstam and Christos Kyrou

EPA's Comparative Risk Process
D. C. Martin

EPA's Cumulative Exposure Project: Who Bears the Burden?
D. Axelrad, T. Woodruff, D. Sterling, J. Reinert, and R. D. Atkinson

EPA's Dioxin Reassessment, Risk Characterization and Damage Control After the Release of the Draft
David W. Crawford and Russell Keenan

Epidemiologically-Based Model for Microbial Risk Characterization, An
Joseph N. Eisenberg, Edmund Seto, and Robert C. Spear

Epidemiology Risk Evaluation Research: Mortality Surveillance Program for Hand-Held Portable Cellular Telephone Users
N. A. Dreyer, D. P. Funch, J. E. Loughlin, and K. J. Rothman

Evaluating Risks from Incineration Using a Multimedia, Multipathway Model Based on EPA's Indirect Exposure Model Holly A. Hattemer-Frey, John U. Bell, Virginia Lau, and Gary R. Krieger

Evaluation of Crash Avoidance Technologies in a Risk Management Framework
R. E. Curry, Y. Y. Haimes, J. H. Lambert, and R. Schwing

Evaluation of Potential Risks in Municipal Solid Waste Management System and Their Reduction Options--A Case Study in Kyoto City Area
S. Morisawa, H. Shiba, and Y. Inoue

Evaluation of the Error Propagation Technique for Uncertainty Analysis of Select Solutions of the Advective-Dispersive Environmental Transport Equation
Keith L. Compton, Thomas E. Pollog, and Robert A. Fjeld

Evolution of the Concept of "Dose" in Quantitative Risk Assessment
L. R. Rhomberg

Experimental Toxicology and Risk Assessment: Replacing Default Options with Research
Hans Peter Witschi

Expert Systems That Assist in Evaluating the Literature for Risk Assessments
R. S. DeWoskin and R. L. Chessin

Exposure Assessment of a Chromium Contaminated Site
D. Wong

Exposure Measurements and Modeling of Constituents in a Household Spray Cleaner
T. G. Osimitz, L. A. Fell, E. J. Furtaw, Jr., M. D. Pandian, and I. M. Farnham

Few Data--A Challenge for Risk Analysis
Torbjörn Thedéen

Filling Data Gaps for Accurate Exposure Assessment of Chromium (VI) Compounds in Drinking Water: A Case Study on Aerosols and Reduction Capacity in Beverages
S. Chute, D. Dodge, R. Richter, and B. Kerger

Fire Risk of the Hanshin Earthquake Disaster in 1995
Yoshiro Namba and Kenjiro Yasuno

Fish-Consumption Survey of the Tulalip and Squaxin Island Tribes, A
K. A. Toy, G. D. Gawne-Mittelstaedt, N. Pollisar, and S. Liao

Fitting the Exact-Hazard MVK Cancer Model to the ED01 Data Using SAS NLIN
R. L. Kodell

Food Chain Analysis of Risk to Wetland Receptors from Exposures to Mining Waste Metals
R. Blanchet, G. Pascoe, and G. Linder

Formal Approach of Using Sustainable Development Principle in Risk Analysis, A
A. A. Bykov

Format Preferences in Risk Communications
Cynthia J. Atman

Framework for Environmental Risk-Management Decision Making
Peter Y. Chiu, Gail Charnley, and Gilbert S. Omenn

French Study: National Findings and Their Meaning in Context, The
M. Poumadère and C. Mays

Fundamental Methodological Problems Posed by Integrated Assessment
G. Morgan and H. Dowlatabadi

Fuzzy Rule-Based Prediction of Flood Probabilities Under Climate Change
Istvan Bogardi

Generalized Independence and Additivity: Two Approaches to Quantitatively Describing Non-Ideal Toxic Behavior of Chemical Mixtures
C. N. Haas, S. Kersten, K. Cidambi and J. Frank

Generating Uncertain Risk Estimates
Edmund A. C. Crouch, Richard R. Lester, Timothy L. Lash, Sarah R. Armstrong, Gail Charnley, and Laura C. Green

Greenhouse Debate--Economic Efficiency, Burden Sharing and Hedging Strategies, The
Alan Manne and Richard Richels

Groundwater to Surface Water Conversion in the Houston-Galveston Region: Impact of Mandates on Water Quality, Subsidence, and Water Rates
John R. Larson and Larry J. Dziuk

Health Effect and Risk at Population Level in Japan by Global Warming
A. Sasaki, I. Uchiyama, N. Mori, Y. Honda and H. Harasawa

Helping Behavior in the Great Hanshin Earthquake
Mika Goda

Hierarchical Monte Carlo Simulation--A Tool for Assessing Uncertainty
Eberhard O. Voit, W. Leonard Balthis, and Zhen Zhang

High-Technology Risk Communication: Using Fax-on-Demand, Broadcast Fax, and Voice-Mail to Communicate with Industry Neighbors
J. D. Frisch, P. D. Lichty, M. F. McDaniel, K. G. Rodgers, and C. E. Lambert

How Congress Works and What It Needs from You
Mike Kitamura

Human Exposures to Air and Soil Contaminants Through Food Products: Defining and Measuring the Significant Factors T. E. McKone, R. L. Maddalena, D. L. Dowdy, and D. P. H. Hsieh

Human Factors Project: Computer Model Risk Analysis of the Anatomical Hazards Presented by Critical Small Parts
D. Stool and G. Rider

Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment Methodology for Petroleum Hydrocarbons at an Air Force Base in Alaska.
K. J. Yost, M. K. Jones, K. R. Graham, J. Peterson, L. R. Shull, and M. A. Bowland

Human Health Risk Assessment Used to Direct Land Development Efforts Adjacent to a Multiple-Facility Industrial Complex
Mark Bowland, Mark Jones, Lee Shull, and Ken Evans

Human Health Risk Assessment Using the RESRAD-CHEM Computer Code.
J.-J. Cheng, C. Yu, Heidi Hartmann, L. Jones, B. Biwer, E. Dovel, E. Euskirchen, A. Wallo, A. Williams, and H. Peterson

Human Health Risk Evaluation of Strontium-90 and Uranium-Contaminated Shrapnel
M. Helen Flowers, R. Ryti, J. Guido, G. Allen, and R. Jennings

Hybrid Processing of Stochastic and Subjective Uncertainty Data
J. Arlin Cooper, Scott Ferson, and Lev Ginzburg

Hypertext for Communicating Environmental Information
Y. Maeda

Ideal World of Risk Management, An
Andrew Light

Identifying Key Contaminants and Associated Risk Issues at U.S. Department of Energy Environmental Restoration Sites
Marilyn Tolbert-Smith, Kurt Picel, Margaret MacDonell, and John Peterson

Impact of Potential Climate Change on Engineered Systems.
A. B. Pittock

Impact of Use Survey Information in the Risk Assessment Process
F. B. Selman

Implications of Quantitative Uncertainty Assessment in the Analysis of Children's Exposure to Lead in Ceramicware
S. H. Youngren and M. A. Youngren

Improving Environmental Valuation Methods: Integrating Contingent Valuation and Risk Perception
Valerie A. Luzadis and Brenda J. Nordenstam

Improving EPA's Draft Soil Screening Guidance
L. J. Rosolowsky and S. Song

Improving Risk Decisions Through Formal Science Education: Final Results of a Teacher Needs Assessment
Michaela Zint and Ben Peyton

Incorporating Stakeholder Input in the System Architecture Study for High Level Nuclear Waste
J. F. Lathrop and Ivan Sacks

Incorporating Uncertainties into Risk Assessment with an Application to Yucca Mountain
P. M. Fathauer and R. A. Fjeld

Incorporation of Mechanistic Information Into a Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) Model for Methyl tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE) Is Needed to Predict Dose in the Kidney, the Target Tissue in Male Rats
S. J. Borghoff, D. C. Wolf, J. Prescott-Mathews, and T. S. Poet

Indoor Chemical Exposure Estimates Require Exposure Monitoring Foundation
R. I. Krieger and T. Dinoff

Initiatives to Reform Risk Assessments in California
C. A. Lapin

Innovative Use of Focus Groups Cape Cod Breast Cancer and Environment Study
Susan L. Santos, David B. McCallum, and Harlee Strauss

Integrated Climate Assessment Model, The
H. Dowlatabadi and M. Kandlikar

Integrating Risk Into the U.S. DOE Budget Process
Thearin Wendel

Integration of Multipathway Risk Assessment: Computer Model Structure, Parameter Analysis, and Application Results
B. J. Sun and G.A. Pascoe

Interspecies Concordance for Chemicals with Anti-Carcinogenic Activity
George M. Gray, Ping Li, and Richard Wilson

Intersystem Dependencies Caused by Failures of Instrument Air Systems
D. C. Bley and V. M. Bier

Inverse Risks of Mercury Bioaccumulation and Phosphorus Enrichment to Everglades Wading Birds
R. A. Pastorok, G. N. Bigham, J. R. Sampson, S. Becker, and E. A. Henry

Interface Between Ecological Risk Assessment and Risk Management, The
C. A. Pittinger

Is Comparative Risk Ranking "Risk Assessment" and If Not, What Is It?
P. F. Deisler, Jr.

Is There a Safe Level of Exposure to a Carcinogen?
S. E. Hrudey and D. Krewski

Lay Concepts of Uncertainty in Health Risk Estimates
B. B. Johnson and P. Slovic

Lay Judgment of Threshold in Dose-Response Relationship
K. Nakayachi

Lead in Drinking Water: Do EPA Education Regs Work?
Julia Green Brody, Lori Lach, and Kerry Kirk Pflugh

Learning About a Community's Environmental Health Concerns Through A Triangulated Research Strategy
C. Musham and J. Z. Temple

Lessons from the United States on the Role of Public Support for a High-Level Nuclear Waste Repository
J. Flynn

Life Cycle Assessment for Hazardous Chemicals--A Case Study for Chlorine
Teruo Ikeda and Osami Nakasugi

Magnitude-Frequency Relationships and Seismic Hazards Determined from Earthquake and Active Fault Data
Harumi Yashiro

Managing the Risk of Global Climate Catastrophe: Sensitivity Analysis Results
Hung-po Chao

Mathematical Explanation of the Framing Effect--The Contingent Focus Model, A
Kazuhisa Takemura

Measuring Consumer Knowledge and Risk Perception of Food-Related Biotechnologies
Robin A. Douthitt, Deanna L. Grobe, and Lydia Zepeda

Media Intake Factors for Calculation of Probabilistic Risk-Based Cleanup Levels
Keith Linton, Maria Morandi, Tom Downs, and Toraman Sahin

Methods of Complex Environmental Investigation and Zoning of Industrial Territories on the Basis of Application of Biological Integrated Indicators, The
Sergev G. Kharchenko, Vladimir S. Nicolaevsky, and Vladimir A. Volkov

Minimizing Environmental, Health, and Safety Risks and Improving Bottom Line
Rao V. Kolluru

Mixed Messages in Risk Communication
C. G. Jardine and S. E. Hrudey

Molinate: Mode of Action and Hazard to Man
G. A. Wickramaratne and D. J. Berry

Monte Carlo Based Approach for Modeling Noncarcinogenic Dose Response Rates, A
Paul S. Price, Russell E. Keenan, Jeffrey C. Swartout, Carol A. Gillis, and Michael C. Dourson

Monte Carlo Based Exposure Assessment: Considerations for Occupational Risk Management of Pesticides in Canada
J. P. Worgan

MTBE Versus Other Oxygenated Fuels
F. Anderson

Multi-Attribute Approach to Climate Policy Decisions, A
M. Kandlikar and G. Morgan

Native American Involvement in Flora and Fauna Sampling to Support Human HEalth Risk Evaluations in the Vicinity of Los Alamos National Laboratory
L. Naranjo, Jr., O. B. Meyers, P. Fresquez, A. M. Dorries, and J. L. Lewis

Naturally Occurring Carcinogens Versus Synthetics
C. Maczka

Nuclear Waste Risk: Mutual Risk Perception of Local Politicians and the Public
L. Sjöberg

Nuclear Waste Siting in France: Restoring Dialogue
C. Bataille

One Toxicology Activity: Wireless Communication Radiofrequency and Tumor Promotion
A. Sivak

Opportunities for the Use of Biologically Motivated Dose-Response Modeling Under the Proposed EPA Guidelines on Cancer Risk Assessment
William H. Farland

Outreach to the Scientific Community, Government, Industry, and Others
K. G. Sund and S. O'Donnell

Overcoming Challenges When Communicating Ecological Risks
F. M. Applehans

Overview of the Carngie Mellon Program, An
G. Morgan and H. Dowlatabadi

Paradigms and Aliases for Industrial Health Risk Assessment
Gregg Claycamp

Particulate Air Pollution and Mortality: A Critical Reappraisal
Suresh H. Moolgavkar

Passive Safety Concepts
Stanley D. Spray

Performance Evaluation to Determine Permissible Waste Concentrations in Mixed-Low-Level-Waste Disposal Facilities, A
A. M. Parsons, R. D. Waters, and M. T. Goodrich

Petri-Net Modelling Approach for Bottlenecks in the Restoration and/or Restructuring Process of Multiplex Disaster-Damaged Urban Infrastructure Systems, A.
Eizo Hideshima and Norio Okada

Pharmacokinetics, Exposure Profiles, and Target Tissue Dose--Their Implications on the Margin of Exposure Associated with Short-Term Ambient Air Standards for Chlorinated Volatile Organic Compounds
Joyce K. Hargrove

Phased Approach to Planning a Comprehensive Risk Communication Program for a RCRA Facility Investigation, A
F. Dombrowski, P. Sheehan, and E. Miller

Phased Development of a Background Data Set for Evaluating Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Soil at the Los Alamos National Laboratory
G. P. Brorby, K. J. Black, A. M. Dorries, J. L. Lewis, J. P. McCann, and V. Smith

Point and Interval Measurement of Automotive Risks in the Top-Down Procedure, The
N. Matsuda and N. Shinoda

Point Estimate vs Monte Carlo Pesticide Risk Assessment: A Case Study Comparison
C. Lunchick

Policy and Public Opinion in Germany
O. Renn

Practical Perspectives in Managing Risk Issues at U.S. Department of Energy Cleanup Sites
John Bascietto, Lynne Haroun, Margaret MacDonell, Ihor Hlohowskyj, and Ernesto Faillace

Predicting Risk Policy Preferences from Cognitive Maps: A U.S.-Japan Comparison
E. A. Rosa

Predicting Time Dependent Area Source VOC Emission Rates
E. Wang and X. Mahini

Preliminary Bayesian Analysis of U.S. Colorado Plateau Miner Data Taking Account of Uncertainty in (WLM) Exposure
Douglas B. Chambers, Ronald H. Stager, Mo-Ki Tai, Cecile Hallam, and Park M. Reilly

Product Assessment System Relating to Safety of Chemical Substances in Sharp Corporation
Kiyotada Yumiba and Kuni Yoneda

Probabilistic Approach for Locating DNAPLs in Subsurface Sediments, A
Stephen Conrad, Erik Webb, Robert Glass, Brian Borchers, and Roger Cox

Probabilistic Approach to Assess Human RfDs and Human Health Risks from Toxicological Animal Studies, A
Wout Slob and Moniek N. Pieters

Probabilistic Model for Assessing the Risk Associated with Airborne Lead Emissions from Secondary Lead Smelters, A
Reed M. Maxwell and William E. Kastenberg

Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Exposure to UXO at Fort Meade, Maryland
F. Zafran, A. Unger, M. Lustik, L. Cain, and J. Skibinski, and S. Hill

Problem of Transboundary Risk Management: How to Find a Mutually Acceptable Cooperative Solution, The
I. Kuz'min and V. Menshikov

Progress in Characterization of Adherence of Soil to Skin
J. C. Kissel, K. Richter, J. Shirai, and K. Holmes

Proposed Approach for a Biologically Motivated Dose-Response Assessment for Chloroform, A
Rory B. Conolly and Byron E. Butterworth

Proposed Approach for a Biologically Motivated Dose-Response Assessment for Trichloroethylene, A
H. J. Clewell III, P. R. Gentry, J. M. Gearhart, B. C. Allen, and M. E. Andersen

Proposed Method for Determining Cleanup Levels at Petroleum Contaminated Sites Without the Use of TPH, A
S. H. Youngren, W. Weisman, D. Edwards, R. MacDonald, R. Wilkenfeld, and B. Albertson

Psychological Dimensions of Risk Perception in Eastern Europe
Ortwin Renn

Public Attitudes to Genetic Engineering
R. Shepherd, L. J. Frewer, and C. Howard

Public Involvement in the Hawaii Comparative Risk Project
P. Felling

Quantification of Inter-Species Variability in Response to Systemic Toxicants: Analysis of Pesticide NOELs Defined by an Expert Committee
J. H. Sherman, M. W. Stevens, F. R. Johannsen, and R. Nair

Quantitative, Mechanistic Risk Assessment Model for Chloroform, A
B. E. Butterworth, M. V. Templin, D. C. Wolf, and R. B. Conolly

Radioactive Waste Management in France: A Democratic Process for Public Acceptance
Y. Kaluzny

Rationality and Risk
Brendan Leier

Recommendations for Increasing the Relevance of Rodent Bioassays Results to Human Cancer Risk Assessment
L. Rudenko, A. B. Santamaria, T. B. Starr, and J. P. Rieth

Reference Toxicity Values for Terrestrial Ecological Risk Assessments
M. Shibata, T. Donn, K. Torres, and T. Grieb

Regional Risk Assessment in Japan
H. Takahashi

Regions at Risk: Comparisons of Environmental Threats in Developing Countries
J. X. Kasperson and R. E. Kasperson

Relationship of Access Difficulty and Informational Usefulness to Public Reliance on Risk Communication Channels, The
Kurt Neuwirth, Robert J. Griffin, and Sharon Dunwoody

Research Objectives, Structure, and Ongoing Surveillance
G. L. Carlo and K. G. Sund

Residential Multi-Media Exposure to Polychlorinated Biphenyls Near New Bedford Harbor, Massachusetts
D. J. Vorhees, A. C. Cullen, and L. M. Altshul

Residential Total House and Zone Volumes in the United States: Empirical and Estimated Parametric Distributions
Donald M. Murray

Results of an Indirect Exposure Risk Assessment for Multi-Stack Chemical Warfare Munitions Incinerators
B. Gaborek, H. Chang, P. Galusky, and J. Litynski

Review of Seafood Ingestion Rates Utilized by Various Agencies for Assessing Human Health Risks Associated with Ingesting Contaminated Seafood, A
E. M. Mahoney

Review of the Inhalation Carcinogenicity and Environmental Fate of Hexavalent Chromium
M. K. Jones and K. J. Yost

Risk Analysis in Regulatory Reform Legislation
J. M. Solyst and C. J. Leep

Risk Analysis Requirements Under the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
Krishna Nand

Risk and Reliability in the Design of Urban Water Supply
Duane Baumann

Risk Assessment and Management in Waste Life-Cycle for Mercury and Antimony Contained in Products
M. Tanaka, M. Osako, Y. Matsui and N. Machida

Risk Assessment and the Environmental Risk Transition in Developing Countries
Kirk R. Smith

Risk Assessment As a Policy Tool: Possible New Directions
Carl F. Cranor

Risk Assessment As Methodological Basis for Governmental Regulation of Environmental Situation in Republic Bashkortostan
R. Z. Khamitov, S. V. Pavlov, and V. E. Gvozdev

Risk Assessment Code (SIM-RISK) for Radiation Cancer Using SAS
M. Kai and T. Kusama

Risk Assessment in Data Sparse Situations
John S. Evans and Kanchansak Phonboon

Risk Assessment in Russia
B. A. Revich and E. B. Gurvich

Risk-Based Cleanup Standards in Soil for Brown Fields and Industrial-Use Properties
J. A. Lowe

Risk-Based Corrective Action for Chemical Release Sites
C. M. Velicer, M. Norman, and C. Susiene

Risk-Based Criteria for Decision Making
D. Duran

Risk-Based Decision Making for Rehabilitation of Water Distribution Systems
Y. Y. Haimes, J. H. Lambert, and J. I. Park

Risk-Based Design of Multi-Level Control Algorithms for Dynamic Systems
V. G. Krymsky and Yu. G. Krymsky

Risk-Based Priorities for Pesticide Management Initiatives
S. L. Brown and N. J. Rachman

Risk-Based Screening of Petroleum-Contaminated Sites at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii
J. P. Butler, D. Tomasko, E. H. Cho, W. Barry, M. Ingoglia, and W. Grannis

Risk/Benefit Analysis of Prohibition of the Mercury Electrode Process in Caustic Soda Production
Junko Nakanishi, Masashi Gamo, and Toshihiro Oka

Risk Characterization and the Weight of Evidence: Lessons from the Courts
V. R. Walker

Risk Characterization for a "Citizen's Guide to Health Risk in Canada"
Simon Thomas

Risk Characterization for Insurance Strategy: Transition Economies
N. I. Borodyanskii and S. V. Odinokov

Risk Communication on Consumer Chemical Products
J. Sekizawa, R. Takei, S. Shimai, and S. Sugimori

Risk Communication Strategies and Nuclear Waste Repository Siting in Sweden
B-M. DrottzSjöberg

Risk Communication: The Brazilian Perspective
Henrique Storrer Lage Neto, Sandoz, Rua Henri Dunant, Carlos Celso, and Susan L. Santos

Risk Dependency Culture and Risk Epidemics
V. N. Malakhovsky

Risk Management for the Space Station
D. A. Stone and W. C. Panter

Risk Management in Rescue and Life Support in Kobe Earthquake
T. Morioka, N. Yoshida, and T. Fujita

Risk Management Research
G. L. Carlo and M. A. Embrey

Risk Management Using Probabilistic Model-Based Assessments--The EPA Perspective
Penny Fenner-Crisp

Risk of Extreme Events Under Nonstationary Conditions
J. R. Olsen, J. H. Lambert, and Y. Y. Haimes

Risk Perception and Risk Related Behaviors in the Great Hanshin Earthquake
K. Yoshino and T. Kinoshita

Risk Perception Biases and Decision Strategies
M. L. Finucane, D. Milech, and M. T. Maybery

Risk Perception in Sweden and Poland
Britt-Marie Drottz-Sjöberg

Risk Perception in Transition Societies
Lennart Sjöberg and Daniela Kilarova

Risk Strategies -- Before Hominization and After
Müller-Herold

Risk Wars of 1994: Science, Politics and Public Participation in the United States, The
J. A. Roqué

Role and Practice of Computer-Aided Risk Analysis in Japan
M. Matsuo

Role and Practice of Computer-Aided Risk Analysis in the United States
Michael Jayjock and Pertti J. Hakkinen

Role of Accident Size in Risk-Overestimation Phenomenon, The
S. Sugimori

Role of Knowledge and Information in Agricultural Pesticide Usage Practices, The
R. Zimmerman and E. Lichtenberg

Role of Risk Management in Enforcing the Sustainable Developmentof the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), The
Dmitri I. Solovyov

Role of Traditional Knowledge in Environmental Risk Decision Making, The
Ginger Gibson and Larry Reynolds

Safety and Risk from Point of View of an Ordinary Person
Rostislav L. Gurevich and Igor I. Kuz'min

Safety Assessment: Toxicology Risk Evaluation Research
I. C. Munro and (presented by) G. Hook

San Francisco Refinery Catacarb Release: Explaining the Unexplainable
M. F. McDaniel, C. E. Lambert, J. D. Frisch, H. K. Spradlin, S. R. Mearns, and K. Damji

Scenario Analysis on Climate Change Alternatives Using Multiattribute Utility Function
A. Tokai

Scientific or Democratic Authority: Value Systems Implied in Two National Nuclear Waste Siting Campaigns
C. Mays and M. Poumadere

Scientists Contributions to Policy and Law at the State Level
Jacquelin N. Miller

Screening Methodology Using Census Data for Calculating Health Risks, A
M. L. Socolof, B. M. Vogt, and J. H. Sorensen

Sensitivity Analysis of Nonlinear Nonmonotonic Models
Jayant Kalagnanam and Milind Kandlikar

Sensitivity of Coastal Water Quality Under Global Climate Change
J. Ganoulis, I. Matyasovszky, and I. Bogardi

Sensitivity/Uncertainty Multimedia Modeling Module (SUM3)
Gariann M. Gelston, Karl J. Castleton, and Paul W. Eslinger

Social Psychological Factors and Radiation Risk: Some Policy Relevant Lessons from the Chernobyl Experience
P. T. Allen, V. Ferents, V. Prilipko, G. Rumyantseva, and A. Skryabin

Some Characteristic Aspects of Japanese Risk Perception
T. Ishizuka

Some Proposal to Improve the Earthquake Insurance System in Japan
Atsushi Takao

Sometimes Zero Means More Than Nothing: An Account of the Variety of Conceptions of Zero in Risk Analysis
Wesley R. Dean

Stabilizing CO2 Concentrations: Uncertainties and Choices Surrounding the Pathway to Stabilization
Tom M. L. Wigley, R. Richels, and J. A. Edmonds

Starting Point: Dosimetry Risk Evaluation Research, The
A. W. Guy and S. E. Hersemann

State Implementation of a Risk-Based Corrective Action Program for UST Release Sites
M. Norman, A. R. Nash, Jr., G. W. Phillips, R. J. Marnicio, C. Susiene, C. Velicer, and A. R. Zajac

Statistical Methods for Generating Scenarios of Future Climate Change
R. W. Katz

Status of Risk Management by Water Utilities in Japan
K. Tomono

Study on the Frequency of Water Quality Test Observed by Risk Factor, A
Takashi Ishimaru and Thoru Morioka

Sustainable Development and Risk Management: Position of Russia
I. Kuz'min, N. Mahutov, and V. Menshikov

Synoptic Framework for Legitimated Environmental Decision Making, A
W. J. Focht

Taking Cross-Cultural Communication Seriously
E. S. Higgs, V. V. Gibson, and C. Lindsay

Technical Specification Changes ... Ten Years of Probabilistic Justifications
S. H. Levinson and R. S. Enzinna

Temporal Trend of Risk Due to Pesticides Used in Japan from 1960 to 1990, The
M. Gamo and J. Nakanishi

Testing of Plastic Sheets to Determine Risk of Suffocation in Children
T. Xu, M. Bauer, M. Brickley, and D. Stool

Towards Improving the Operational Efficiency of Water Systems
Bryan Coulbeck

Toxic Air Contaminants: The California Approach to Risk Assessment
John Froines

Transboundary Environmental Risks Via Trade Structure Between Japan and Developing Countries: Case of Land Use and Land Cover Change
Mizue Ohe and Saburo Ikeda

Transboundary Risk Communication: An Example from Eastern Europe.
Ragnar Löfsted

Two-Step Probabilistic Interpretation of Inductive Logic, A
Clark D. Carrington

Uncertainties in Dose-Response Assessment of Arsenic: A Statistical Perspective
K. G. Brown and H. L. Greene

Uncertainty Analysis of PBPK Modeling for Inorganic Arsenic
Donghan Yu and Kune Y. Suh

Uncertainty Analysis of the Health Risk Due to Chloroform in Drinking Water Using Monte-Carlo Simulation
D. C. Shin, Y. Chung, S. E. Lee, and S. E. Park

Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analyses of Physiological Pharmacokinetic Models for Volatile Organic Compounds.
D. Krewski, Y. Wang, S. Bartlett, and K. Krishnan

Urban Concentration and Imbalance of Risk Sharing
T. Murayama

Use of a Refined, Site-Specific Risk Assessment for Obtaining Closure Under the Resource Conservation Recovery Act
K. A. Fehling, M. A. Bono, and P. K. Scott

Use of Air Dispersion Modeling and the Determination of a Reference Concentration to Assess the Potential for Adverse Health Effects from the Release of an Aniline Derivative
J. E. Ryer-Powder, S. Jain, G. Chou, and R. Scofield

Use of Comparative Risk in Pending Federal Legislation, The
M. Rodemeyer

Use of Health Risk Assessment to Facilitate Redevelopment of a Former Steel Production Site
D. M. Proctor, K. A. Fehling, and P. K. Scott

Use of Internet to Support Risk Education and Analysis
Michael A. Kamrin

Use of Mode of Action Information for Dose-Response Assessment of Methyl-tertiary-Butyl Ether (MTBE)
Bonnie R. Stern

Use of a Monte Carlo Arsenic (AS) Exposure Model to Predict Distributions of Urine Arsenic Levels at a Mining and Milling Site
B. D. Beck, P. D. Boardman, J. T. Cohen, L. A. Beyer, and D. Hiller

Use of Monte Carlo Analysis and Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) Modeling to Investigate Uncertainty and Variability in Delivered Dose, The
B. C. Allen

Use of Monte Carlo Analysis in Drinking Water Safety: Determination of Uncertainty, Variability, and Partial Combinations for Microbial Exposure to Consumers
Christopher S. Crockett and Charles N. Haas

Use of Monte-Carlo Analysis to Evaluate Multimedia Ecological Risks and Impacts
C. Harman, C. S. Crockett, C. P. D'Alleinne, P. S. Price, and K. Schild

Use of Monte Carlo and Bayesian Techniques for Determining Uncertainty and Variability of Fate and Transport Parameters in Exposure Assessment Algorithms
J. G. Tell and L. R. Triemer

Use of Simultaneously Combined Monte-Carlo Analyses of Chemical and Microbial Exposure with Predictive Air Models to Determine Total Human Health Risks
C. P. D'Alleinne, C. S. Crockett, P. S. Price, and K. Schild

Using a Microexposure Monte Carlo Analysis to Model Potential Exposures to PCBS Through Ingestion of Fish from the Upper Hudson River
R. E. Keenan, P. S. Price, C. S. Curry, J. I. McCrodden, and J. G. Haggard

Using a Site-Wide Strategy to Address Environmental Issues at Large Industrial Sites
M. J. Sullivan

Using Measures of Bioavailability to Derive Environmentally Acceptable Endpoints for Organic Chemicals in Soils
C. Menzie

Using Probabilistic Performance Assessment to Guide Site Characterization Activities for the Greater Confinement Disposal Project
T. J. Brown and J. R. Cochran

Using the Best Statistic to Support Risk-Based Decisions
K. J. Black and P. K. Black

Using Uncertainty Analysis for Progressive Refinement of Risk Models
Max Henrion

Validating Dermal Exposure Assessment Techniques for Dioxin Using Burden Data and Pharmacokinetic Modeling
B. D. Kerger, G. E. Corbett, S. El-Sururi, R. Reitz, and D. Paustenbach

Validation of the Air-to-Plant Biotransfer Model Used in Indirect Exposure Screening Risk Assessment Methodology for Combustion Facilities
H. Chang, B. Gaborek, P. Galusky, and J. Litynski

What Is the Best Pollution Index in Studies of Air Pollution and Mortality?
Frederick W. Lipfert and Ronald E. Wyzga

When We Don't Know the Costs or the Benefits: Adaptive Strategies for Abating Climate Change
Robert J. Lempert, Michael E. Schlesinger, and Steve C. Bankes

Who Bears the Burden? Exposure from Food and Water Ingestion
J. C. Reinert, D. Sterling, R. Dexter, C. P. Dougherty, A. Petersen, F. Letkiewicz, and M. Muller

Wireless Technology Research: A Public Health Paradigm Approach to Assessing and Managing Health Risks
G. L. Carlo, S. E. Hersemann, and S. E. O'Donnell


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