PMID- 18093056
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080227
LR  - 20080806
IS  - 0272-4332 (Print)
IS  - 0272-4332 (Linking)
VI  - 27
IP  - 6
DP  - 2007 Dec
TI  - Engaging expert peers in the development of risk assessments.
PG  - 1609-21
AB  - The participation of external technical experts in the development of risk 
      assessment documents and methodologies has expanded and evolved in recent years. 
      Many government agencies and authoritative organizations have experts peer review 
      important works to evaluate the scientific and technical defensibility and judge 
      the strength of the assumptions and conclusions (OMB, 2004; IPCS, 2005; IARC, 
      2006; Health Canada, 2007; U.S. EPA, 2006). Expert advice has been solicited in 
      other forms of peer involvement, including peer consultation in, for example, the 
      U.S. EPA's Voluntary Children's Chemical Evaluation Program (VCCEP). This article 
      discusses how the principles and practices of peer review can be extended to 
      other types of peer involvement activities (i.e., peer input and peer 
      consultation) to develop high-quality risk assessment work products. A 
      comprehensive process for incorporating peer input, peer consultation, and peer 
      review into risk assessment science is outlined. Four key principles for peer 
      involvement-independence, inclusion of appropriate experts, transparency, and a 
      robust scientific process-are discussed. Recent examples of peer involvement in 
      the development of Health Canada's Priority Substances and Domestic Substance 
      List (DSL) programs under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) serve 
      to highlight the concepts.
FAU - Meek, M E Bette
AU  - Meek ME
AD  - McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment, University of Ottawa, 
      Ottawa, Ontario, Canada [corrected]
FAU - Patterson, Jacqueline
AU  - Patterson J
FAU - Strawson, Joan E
AU  - Strawson JE
FAU - Liteplo, Robert G
AU  - Liteplo RG
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
PL  - United States
TA  - Risk Anal
JT  - Risk analysis : an official publication of the Society for Risk Analysis
JID - 8109978
SB  - IM
EIN - Risk Anal. 2008 Feb;28(1):249
MH  - Canada
MH  - *Expert Testimony
MH  - Peer Review
MH  - Referral and Consultation
MH  - *Risk Assessment
EDAT- 2007/12/21 09:00
MHDA- 2008/02/28 09:00
CRDT- 2007/12/21 09:00
PHST- 2007/12/21 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/02/28 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/12/21 09:00 [entrez]
AID - RISK992 [pii]
AID - 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2007.00992.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Risk Anal. 2007 Dec;27(6):1609-21. doi: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2007.00992.x.