In the absence of hard numbers, people overestimate the dangers of drugs on the basis of the seriousness of side effects they hear about, he explained.
Risk analysis techniques allow one to "weigh" identified hazards, considering the seriousness of their effects, frequency, and detectability, seeking to prevent the most harmful hazards.
In order to understand the seriousness of these effects, we next examined whether the negative influence of hands-on experiences would persist over time.
Road safety measures aimed to change the road environment to reduce the risks on driver errors and to reduce the seriousness of the effects of driver errors are expected to increase road safety.
With the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the world has come to understand the scope of the accident and the seriousness of its effects, although debate remains as to the full human toll taken by the radiation released into the atmosphere.
Cumulative risk assessment is a tool for organizing and analyzing information to evaluate the probability and seriousness of harmful effects caused by either simultaneous and/or sequential exposure to multiple environmental stressors.
Patients exhibit different tolerances to chemotherapy based on individual factors, and patients who are sensitive to chemotherapy may still refuse treatment because of the seriousness of side effects induced by chemotherapy.
In addition, factors of under-reporting include the seriousness of the effect, the age of the patient and the novelty of the effect, but also time-related variables such as the length of marketing or the time since exposure [ 28- 33].
Fines for violating a permit may range from $1,000 to $50,000 a day for each violation, with the amount depending on the farmer's conduct (was the violation willfull, for example?) and the seriousness of the effect on the environment.
In evaluating the seriousness of the detrimental effects on the environment, the advantages of biolubricants, such as their performance or economic properties, must be considered and weighed against the risks associated with these biolubricants [19].
Suharto's relinquishing presidential office in 1998 evidences the seriousness of the adverse effects from the Asian financial crisis on the Indonesian economy, and this crisis also caused significant turbulence and confusion in measurements of TFP growth.
