ERIC Number: EJ321538
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Cancer Risk Assessment Primer.
Aidala, Jim
Environmental Education Report and Newsletter, v13 n4 p11-16 Apr 1985
Describes the scientific basis of cancer risk assessment, outlining the dominant controversies surrounding the use of different methods for identifying carcinogens (short-term tests, animal bioassays, and epidemiological studies). Points out that risk assessment is as much an art as it is a science. (DH)
Descriptors: Cancer, Environmental Education, Environmental Standards, Higher Education, Risk, Science Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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