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Thesaurus of Terms Used in Microbial Risk Assessment
Federal and international agencies, private sector organizations, and academics use terms and definitions differently in their microbial risk assessments. This Thesaurus is a compendium of risk assessment terms found in frameworks, methodologies, and assessments. It provides insight into how various entities use specific microbial risk assessment terms in their activities and helps those responsible for such assessments both conduct and communicate about them more effectively. You can download or view the entire document, but for shorter download times, you may want to open a section at a time.
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Complete Document (PDF) (950K, 208 pages, September 2007)
- Cover Page
- Disclaimer
- Acknowledgments
Chapter Two: Issues in Risk Assessment Terminology
Chapter Three: Discussion of Selected Terms
Chapter Four: How to Use this Thesaurus
Chapter Five: Terms and Definitions
- General and Framework Terms
- Problem Formulation Terms
- Pathogen Characterization or Infectious Disease Hazard Characterization Terms
- Hazard Occurrence Terms (Pathogen Occurrence Terms)
- Exposure Terms
- Host Characterization and Health Effect Terms
- Epidemiology and Surveillance Terms
- Dose-Response Terms
- Modeling, Statistics, and Math Terms
- Risk Characterization, Risk Management, and Policy Terms
- Economic Terms
- Chemical Risk Assessment Terms
- Ecological Risk Assessment Terms
- EPA Terms