Browsing Science (Faculty of) by Subject "risk assessment"
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Application of Different Measures of Bioavailability at Contaminated Sites
(University of Waterloo, 2009-05-14)Contaminated areas resulting from anthropogenic activities have, for the most part, concentrations of contaminants that exceed Tier 1 standards below which the risk is considered acceptable. However, contaminants that have ... -
Development and Testing of a Framework for the Assessment of Health-Related Risks Among Travellers by Pharmacists in Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2019-12-18)As pharmacists move away from traditional dispensary roles and towards more clinical services, a therapeutic realm that pharmacists are exploring is travel medicine. However, travel medicine can be challenging to beginners ... -
Development of Sensitive In Vitro Assays to Assess the Ocular Toxicity Potential of Chemicals and Ophthalmic Products
(University of Waterloo, 2009-04-27)The utilization of in vitro tests with a tiered testing strategy for detection of mild ocular irritants can reduce the use of animals for testing, provide mechanistic data on toxic effects, and reduce the uncertainty ... -
Impactus Finiens Orbem Terrarum: An Updated Risk Assessment of World Ending Asteroid Impacts
(University of Waterloo, 2011-12-01)As technology develops, the rate of discovering and observing space tends to relatively increase. Our understanding of how the Universe works, and how the planets interact with one another make us weary of what is to come. ...