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Environmental Health: Risk Assessment and Health & Safety
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- 1A hazard describes...a property or situation that in particular circumstances could lead to harm.
- 2A risk defines:the probability that and adverse situation could occur in a give period of time
- 3Risk Assessment is defined as a study of decisions to uncertain consequences. It involves 5 stages...1. identification of risks
2. identification of outcomes
3. estimation of magnitude of consequences
4. estimation of probability of outcomes
5. assessing the significance of risk - 4Risk Management is defined as...linking risk estimation and evaluation to implementation of decisions to minimise risk.
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- BSc (Hons) Environmental Health Flashcards on Environmental Health: Risk Assessment and Health & Safety, created by Sami-Jaine on 03/05/2013.
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