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2637154

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-4
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-7-17
pubmed:abstractText
Using as examples excess lung cancer mortality in coke oven workers and lung tumor induction in rats by inhalation of diesel engine emissions or cadmium chloride aerosol, the maximum likelihood estimate and the upper limit of risk were determined using a set of conventional risk models. The additional safety offered by going to the upper limit of the 95% confidence interval when deriving a unit risk value was found to be less than a factor of 5 in all but one case, and usually much less than 2. It is concluded that the selection of an adequate model is the most critical step in risk assessment, and that an additional safety factor may be required to allow for a better protection of the public in case models other than the most conservative ones come into use.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0232-1513
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
198-204
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Risk modelling: which models to choose?
pubmed:affiliation
Medical Institute of Environmental Hygiene, University of Düsseldorf, FRG.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article