Skip to main content

Hazards Technology and Fairness (1986) / Chapter Skim
Currently Skimming:


Pages 26-27

The Chapter Skim interface presents what we've algorithmically identified as the most significant single chunk of text within every page in the chapter.
Select key terms on the right to highlight them within pages of the chapter.


From page 26...
... The risk dealt with by the public health officer is, in principle, purely physical: it is the probability not only that an accidental event will bring together two objects, the agent source and the biological target, but also that a resulting transfer of agent will occur. Public health officers usually do not attempt to estimate the subsequent purely biological probability that a particular above-threshold amount of harm will cause a quantal response.
Read the entire page →
From page 27...
... slot, ED En In o a Ct Can o .
Read the entire page →

Key Terms

  • quantal response
  • health officer
  • average individual
  • normal tissues


    • This material may be derived from roughly machine-read images, and so is provided only to facilitate research.
    More information on Chapter Skim is available.