Occupational Epidemiology

Meta-analysis and occupational epidemiology.

Meta-analysis is increasingly appearing in the epidemiologic literature. Although originally performed in the context of experimental or randomized controlled study designs and with regard to problems that are amenable to these designs, the method has also been applied to studies in observational epidemiologic settings. This movement has generated considerable debate about the validity of meta-...

Intervention studies in occupational epidemiology.

Correspondence to: Prof. T S Kristensen, National Institute of Occupational Health, Lerso Parkalle 105, DK-2100 Copenhagen O, Denmark; [email protected] _________________________ T he proportion of intervention studies in occupational epidemiology has been growing rapidly in recent years. This is a positive trend, which makes it necessary to discuss a number of theoretical, methodological, and practic...

Bias in occupational epidemiology studies.

The design of occupational epidemiology studies should be based on the need to minimise random and systematic error. The latter is the focus of this paper, and includes selection bias, information bias and confounding. Selection bias can be minimised by obtaining a high response rate (and by appropriate selection of the control group in a case-control study). In general, it is important to ensu...

Occupational exposure, epidemiology and compensation.

The data summarized in this section are taken mainly from the 2000 Report of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR), and generally refer to occupational exposures assessed to have been experienced during the earlyand mid-1990s [1]. Occupational exposures in the United Kingdom from 1998 to 2003 have been reviewed recently by the Radiation Protection ...

Occupational Epidemiology: Thought and Action