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Most people will tolerate greater risk from activities when the threat to life is offset in time from when the risk (and the benefit) is originally accepted. For example, people may feel worse (and usually accept less risk) about a threat of immediate harm (e.g., the blast wave from an explosion) than a threat of latent harm (e.g., an increase in the chance of getting a fatal disease following a 20-year exposure to a hazardous material, like asbestos), even though the risks may be equivalent. 

Epinephrine autoinjectors should be prescribed in the context of a written Anaphylaxis Emergency Action Plan that is developed with the input of the person at risk for anaphylaxis, or the caregiver(s) of the child at risk [45]. The Plan should remind the person at risk about the common symptoms and signs of anaphylaxis, stress the importance of prompt epinephrine injection, and clearly state that Hj-antihistamines... 

A persistent family effect, with the risk about two to three times higher in first-degree relatives as compared with control subjects, suggesting a genetic predisposition for at least some forms of depression. 

Homicide is another serious concern in some job settings. In 1995, homicide accounted for 16 percent of job-related fatalities. Workers most at risk are those who work late at night, work alone, and handle money. Taxicab drivers are the most susceptible and have a relative risk about 10 times higher than the typical worker. Other occupations that have a high relative risk of homicide include police and guards. 

A thorough study of the risk of myocarditis or cardiomyopathy in Australia detected 23 cases (mean age 36 years 20 men) out of 8000 patients treated with clozapine from January 1993 to March 1999 (absolute risk 0.29% relative risk about 1000-2000) (27). All the accumulated... 

Sometimes the term minimal risk is used to mean risk about equal to going about our ordinary daily lives it includes travel on public transport, but not motor bicycling on a motorway. 

A case-control study provided convincing epidemiological evidence that the use of NSAIDs was associated with the risk of hospitalization for acute renal insufficiency (relative risk about 2.0) (SEDA-19, 95) (157). 

Education of populations at risk about preventive measures, such as nonconsumption of shellfish when fhere are toxic red tides and never to eat mussels picked from cliff rocks or any shellfish picked directly on beaches, is essential and never enough. 

Over 65% of the global production of BPA is used to make PC and another 30% for epoxy resin production (Plastics Europe, 2010). Based on the 2010 data, however, only 7% of the PC was used in packaging and medical device applications. Most are instead used in construction as glazing or in media (CD and DVD applications) and in electrical/electronic applications. These non-packaging uses pose a lower risk. About a third of this global production is used in the United States. BPA is perhaps the most controversial of plastic-related EDCs present in the environment and is attributed to at least the following sources (Geens et al., 2011). 

Most of the knowledge of associations between occupation and COPD are based on epidemiological studies in population and working groups at risk. About 15-20% of the COPD cases are reported associated with occupational exposure (Viegi and Di Pede 2002). 

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