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The rational management of health and environmental risks ideally requires a well defined structured approach in order that risk may be dealt with in a complete and equitable fashion. In this paper, formal models of the process of risk assessment and risk management which have been proposed in the literature in recent years are reviewed. Common elements amongst these models are identified, and the potential impact of these approaches on practical decision making is examined.
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Krewski, D., Birkwood, P.L. (1987). Risk Assessment and Risk Management: A Survey of Recent Models. In: Lave, L.B. (eds) Risk Assessment and Management. Advances in Risk Analysis, vol 5. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6443-7_39
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