title: The risk of risk assessment.
abstract: Appropriate risk management can only be based on sound risk assessment. The sources of uncertainty involved in risk assessment are discussed and a number of approaches to improving such assessments are recommended.
authors.affiliation: Center for Environmental Health and Injury Control, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Houk
mesh_terms: D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012306:Risk; D012308:Risk Management; D014116:Toxicology / Q000379:methods*