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Activity Number: 163
Type: Roundtables
Date/Time: Monday, July 30, 2007 : 12:30 PM to 1:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Risk Analysis
Abstract - #308538
Title: Harnessing the Power of Information in Quantitative Risk Assessment
Author(s): Walter W. Piegorsch*+
Companies: The University of Arizona
Address: BIO5 Institute, Tucson, AZ, 85721,
Keywords: quantitative risk analysis ; environmental risk assessment ; benchmark dose ; uncertainty analysis ; sensitivity analysis ; data mining
Abstract:

A broad discussion will be held on how modern information resources and technologies can be brought to bear on problems in quantitative risk analysis. Possible topics of pertinence will include potency estimation for dose-response data, excess risk estimation, benchmark analysis and benchmark dose (BMD) estimation, large-database mining, uncertainty analysis, and sensitivity analysis. The discussion will remain as flexible as possible to include the many, wide-ranging aspects of modern quantitative risk assessment.

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