title: The place of epidemiology in environmental decisions: needed support for the development of risk assessment policy.
abstract: Some of the most challenging problems in the use of epidemiology for regulatory policy concern summarizing epidemiological and other kinds of information to create a weight of evidence. Another frequent issue is whether to embark on epidemiological study. There are also concerns that negative results never see the light of day. These and other meta-issues are worthy of funded evaluation by expert work groups.
authors.affiliation: California Department of Health Services, Emeryville 94704.
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Neutra
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Trichopoulos
mesh_terms: D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011050:Policy Making; D011639:Public Opinion; D012307:Risk Factors