Preferred Term:
risk assessment
Definition:
The qualitative or quantitative evaluation of the likelihood of adverse effects. A risk assessment generally has four steps: hazard identification, hazard characterization, exposure assessment and risk characterization.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Core
NALT Full
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
Narrower Concepts:
- quantitative risk assessment
- hazard identification
- microbiological risk assessment
- release assessment
- risk adjustment
- deterministic risk assessment
- adverse outcome pathways
- comparative risk assessment
- hazard characterization
- chemical risk assessment
- risk assessment process
- consequence assessment
- probabilistic risk assessment
- cumulative risk assessment
- qualitative risk assessment
- risk characterization
- exposure assessment
- nutrition risk assessment
Entry Terms:
- risk evaluation
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/37432
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