06913 IUPAC Gold Book - risk estimation 10.1351/goldbook.RT06913 RT06913 current 1 Assessment with or without mathematical modeling, of the probability and nature of effects of exposure to a substance based on quantification of dose-effect and dose-response relationships for that substance and the population(s) and environmental components likely to be exposed and on assessment of the levels of potential exposure of people, organisms, and environment at risk. dose-effect and dose-response relationships https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/DT06906 exposure https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/ET06811 probability https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/P04855 risk https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/RT06807 PAC, 2001, 73, 993. 'Risk assessment for occupational exposure to chemicals. A review of current methodology (IUPAC Technical Report)' on page 1023 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac200173060993) https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/RT06913/html https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/RT06913/json https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/RT06913/plain Citation: 'risk estimation' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.RT06913 The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) for individual terms. If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org . The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using. 2026-06-07T00:10:30+00:00