title: The real role of risk assessment in cancer risk management.
abstract: Regulatory actions taken to reduce the risk of harmful effects of exposure to chemicals often are not commensurate with the toxicological risk assessment. A number of factors relating to psychology, sociology, economics and politics rather than science and medicine affect the final decision. Werner Lutz and colleagues illustrate the situation using the leukemia-inducing chemical benzene as an example.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Toxicology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.
authors.forename: W K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Lutz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Poetzsch
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schlatter
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schlatter
mesh_terms: D001554:Benzene / Q000633:toxicity; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000139:chemically induced; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D001554:Benzene