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Risk evaluation is the step within the risk analysis process that links risk assessment (the final step of which is risk characterization) with risk management. This intermediary step is mostly not explicitly mentioned, or it is seen as a preliminary step in risk management. The goal of risk evaluation is to link exposure levels with corresponding risks and to identify sources of uncertainty in the scientific data used.
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Younes, M., Georgiadis, N. (2020). Risk Evaluation in Regulatory Toxicology. In: Reichl, FX., Schwenk, M. (eds) Regulatory Toxicology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36206-4_75-2
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