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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| + | An indicator comprises a characteristic or condition which can be described or measured in a way which provides information about some other characteristic or condition which is, itself, not amenable to direct observation or measurement. | ||
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| + | Environmental Health Indicators are usually numbers that represent a certain state of the environment, exposure, health state and/ or policy actions. | ||
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| + | Working definition: An indicator is a variable that is of a particular interest, for example those that are reported in the risk assessment report. | ||
=== References === | === References === | ||
| − | * | + | * Airport environmental health indicators [http://www.pyrkilo.fi/intarese/images/9/9f/Eindrapport_WFP_2002_06_13.pdf] |
| + | * WHO Environment and Health indicators [http://enhiscms.rivm.nl/prerelease/object_class/euwp_ehindicators.html] | ||
| + | * Variable attributes [http://www.pyrkilo.fi/intarese/index.php/R80_Pyrkilo_method_article#Table_1._Structure_and_the_basic_attributes_of_variables] | ||
== Definition == | == Definition == | ||
Revision as of 14:12, 15 March 2007
Scope
Indicator development describes methods to create and describe good indicators (that is, variables of special interest) in a risk assessment.
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Description
An indicator comprises a characteristic or condition which can be described or measured in a way which provides information about some other characteristic or condition which is, itself, not amenable to direct observation or measurement.
Environmental Health Indicators are usually numbers that represent a certain state of the environment, exposure, health state and/ or policy actions.
Working definition: An indicator is a variable that is of a particular interest, for example those that are reported in the risk assessment report.
References
- Airport environmental health indicators [1]
- WHO Environment and Health indicators [2]
- Variable attributes [3]
Definition
Causality
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