Published January 1983 | Version v1
Book

Risk assessment

Description

The report is in sections, entitled: preface; summary and conclusions; introduction (historical and organizational); estimating engineering risks (techniques of risk estimation and forms of expression of risk); laboratory experiments for estimation of biological risks; estimation of risk from observations on man (travel, medical procedures; occupations; sport); the perception of risks; (as an example of attitudes towards a single hazard, studies of nuclear power are considered among other topics in this section); risk management (estimation; perception; acceptability, analysis of risk, costs and benefits; safety standards; decision-making process; possible guidelines). (U.K.)

Availability note (English)

Available from The Royal Society, 6 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG.

Additional details

Additional titles

Subtitle (English)
Report of a Royal Society study group

Publishing Information

Publisher
Royal Society.
Imprint Place
London (UK)
ISBN
0 85403 208 8
Imprint Pagination
198 p.

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
United Kingdom
INIS RN
14779109
Subject category
S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
BEHAVIOR; BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS; BIOLOGY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENGINEERING; HAZARDS; HUMAN POPULATIONS; MAN; MANAGEMENT; NUCLEAR POWER; OCCUPATIONS; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK ANALYSIS; SOCIOLOGY
Descriptors DEC
ANIMALS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MAMMALS; POPULATIONS; POWER; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATES