In fact, with the control and containment of most infectious conditions and diseases of the past millennium having been achieved in most developed countries, and with the resultant increase in life expectancies, much more attention seems to have shifted to degenerative health problems. Many of the degenerative health conditions have been linked to thousands of chemicals regularly encountered in human living and occupational/work environments. It is important, therefore, that human health risk assessments are undertaken on a consistent basis - in order to determine the potential impacts of the target chemicals on public health.

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Dedication. Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Human Exposure to Chemicals. 3. Principles and Concepts in Risk Assessment. 4. Principal Elements of a Public Health Risk Assessment for Chemical Exposure Problems. 5. Chemical Hazard Determination. 6. Exposure Assessment: Analysis of Human Intake of Chemicals. 7. Evaluation of Chemical Toxicity. 8. Chemical Risk Characterization and Uncertainty Analyses. 9. Determination of 'Acceptable' and 'Safe' Levels of Chemical Exposure. 10. Design of Public Health Risk Management Programs. 11. The Role of Risk Assessment in Public Health Policy Decisions. List of References and Bibliography. Appendix A: Glossary of Selected Terms and Definitions. Appendix B: Selected Tools, Chemical Exposure Models, and Chemical Databases for Public Health Risk Policy Decision-Making. Appendix C: Toxicity Index Parameters for Selected Chemicals. Appendix D: Selected Units of Measurement & Noteworthy Expressions. Index.