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AWWA WQTC71652
- QMRA: Principles and Applications
- Conference Proceeding by American Water Works Association, 11/01/2009
- Publisher: AWWA
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This powerpoint presentation begins by providing a brief overview of Quantitative MicrobialRisk Assessment (QMRA). Topics covered include: relationship between exposure, level ofprotection and microbial risk; concerns particular to microbialrisk assessment; types of risk assessment; hazard identification; problem formulation; outcomes of infection process to be quantified; acute and chronic outcomes associated withmicrobial infections; exposure assessment; occurrence factors; exposure factors; health effects assessment; dose response (DR) analysis; use of surrogates/extrapolation forDR analysis; risk characterization; endpoints of QMRA; evaluation of the RC model; comparative risk; acceptable risk; and, use of risk assessment. Includes tables, figures.