Seminars in Hematology
Volume 43 , Pages S10-S12 , April 2006

The Precautionary Principle and Emerging Biologic Risks: Lessons From Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Blood Products

  • Michael A. Stoto

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Michael A. Stoto, PhD, RAND Health, 1200 S Hayes St, Arlington, VA 22202.

References 

  1. In:  Leveton LB ,  Sox HC ,  Stoto MA editor. HIV and the Blood SupplyAn Analysis of Crisis Decisionmaking . Washington, DC: National Academy Press; 1995;
  2. Funtowicz SO , Ravetz JR . Three types of risk assessment and the emergence of post-normal science . In:  Krimsky S ,  Golding D editor. Social Theories of Risk . New York, NY: Praeger; 1992;p. 251–273
  3. Commission of the European Communities . Communication From the Commission on the Precautionary Principle, Report Number COM (2000) 1 . Brussels, Belgium: Commission on the European Communities; 2000;

 Summary of Stoto MA: The precautionary principle and emerging biological risks: lessons from swine flu and HIV in blood products. Public Health Rep 117:546-52, 2002. Adapted with permission from Michael A. Stoto and Public Health Reports (2002;117:546-52). Copyright 2002, Association of Schools of Public Health.

PII: S0037-1963(06)00027-8

doi: 10.1053/j.seminhematol.2006.02.003

Seminars in Hematology
Volume 43 , Pages S10-S12 , April 2006