Public health impact assessment

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-009660",
  "term": "Public health impact assessment",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "A quantitative extension of risk assessment in which the estimated risk of an exposure is applied to a defined population of known size to predict how many people will be affected. The result is stated as an expected number of cases, not as an individual risk. For example, a lifetime cancer risk of one in a million applied to a city of two million people predicts about two extra cases over a lifetime.",
  "subject": "Chemistry and Human Health",
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2007, 79, 1153. 'Glossary of terms used in toxicology, 2nd edition (IUPAC Recommendations 2007)' on page 1291 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac200779071153)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/public-health-impact-assessment/"
}