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1Risk factors for breast cancer — Risk factors of breast cancer may be divided into preventable and non preventable. Their study belongs in the field of epidemiology. Breast cancer, like other forms of cancer, is considered to result from multiple environmental and hereditary… …
2Risk assessment — is a common first step in a risk management process. Risk assessment is the determination of quantitative or qualitative value of risk related to a concrete situation and a recognized threat. Quantitative risk assessment requires calculations of… …
3risk — risk1 W1S2 [rısk] n [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: risque, from Italian risco] 1.) [U and C] the possibility that something bad, unpleasant, or dangerous may happen = ↑danger →↑gamble, chance ↑chance risk of ▪ the risk …
4Risk homeostasis — is a risk theory developed by Gerald J.S. Wilde, a professor emeritus of psychology at Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. This theory is fleshed out in Wilde s book1.The theory of risk homeostasis states that an individual has an… …
5Safety Management Systems — (SMS) is the term used by Transport Canada to refer to a new regulatory and enforcement framework for civil aviation. This new framework puts increased reliance on the aviation industry to cultivate a safety culture and in so doing enhance… …
6Safety in numbers — is the hypothesis that, by being part of a large physical group or mass, an individual is proportionally less likely to be the victim of a mishap, accident, or other bad event.DescriptionEvidence often advanced for this position includes the… …
7Safety and security window film — Safety and security window films are polyester films that are applied to glass glazing in order to hold them together if the glass is shattered (similar to laminated glass). The main difference between film and laminated glass is that the film… …
8Risk society — is a term used to describe a society that is organized in response to risk. According to sociologist Anthony Giddens, it is a society increasingly preoccupied with the future (and also with safety), which generates the notion of risk (Giddens… …
9Risk compensation — In ethology, risk compensation is an effect whereby individual people may tend to adjust their behavior in response to perceived changes in risk. It is seen as self evident that individuals will tend to behave in a more cautious manner if their… …
10Safety of emergency medical services flights — The safety of emergency medical services flights has become a topic of public interest in the United States, with the expansion of emergency medical services aviation operations, such as air ambulance and MEDEVAC, and the increasing frequency of… …
