Review of the US Navy's human health risk assessment of the naval air facility at Atsugi, Japan / Committee on Toxicology, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 37-40).

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Review of the US Navy's Human Health Risk Assessment of the Naval Air Facility at Atsugi, Japan -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- SUMMARY -- PLANNING OF THE RISK ASSESSMENT -- OBJECTIVES OF THE RISK ASSESSMENT -- SAMPLING -- RISK COMMUNICATION -- DATA ANALYSES -- ATTRIBUTABLE RISK -- INDOOR AIR -- USE OF DATA FROM FINAL 2 MONTHS OF SAMPLING -- SOIL-TREND ANALYSES -- MISSING TOXICITY VALUES -- INTERPRETATION OF RISK-ASSESSMENT RESULTS -- LIMITATIONS OF THE SUPERFUND METHODOLOGY -- INTERPRETATION OF RISK VALUES -- UNCERTAINTY -- NEHC'S RISK-REDUCTION RECOMMENDATIONS.

INFORMATION GAPS -- HEALTH-SURVEILLANCE DATA -- INDOOR DUST -- OTHER DATA GAPS -- SUGGESTED IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PRESENTATION AND ORGANIZATION OF THE NEHC DRAFT SUMMARY REPORT -- RESPONSIVENESS TO PREVIOUS NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL COMMENTS -- APPENDIX A Objectives of the NEHC Risk Assessment -- APPENDIX B Air-Dispersion Modeling -- GENERAL COMMENTS -- SPECIFIC COMMENTS -- APPENDIX C Uncertainty -- APPENDIX D Soil-Trend Analysis -- APPENDIX E Air Monitoring -- COMPARISON WITH US CITIES -- FOURIER-TRANSFORM INFRARED MONITORING -- OTHER MONITORING -- APPENDIX F Health Risk Assessment.

HUMAN-HEALTH RISK-ASSESSMENT RESULTS -- HEALTH EVALUATION -- PIONEER RISK-ASSESSMENT DOCUMENT -- ABBREVIATIONS -- REFERENCES.

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