Epidemiological studies for regulatory agencies.

Epidemiological studies for regulatory agencies.

In regulation of exposures to hazardous environmental agents, epidemiologic evidence is especially important in defining human risk estimates. The process of developing appropriate regulations is complex, however, and depends on many considerations beyond those established to a high degree of scientific certainty. Thus the needs of regulatory agencies are involved in the way epidemiologic data ...

The Evaluation of Regulatory Agencies

This paper presents a survey and overview of the evaluation of infrastructure regulation and regulatory agencies. It covers the development of ex ante and ex post evaluation based on costbenefit analysis and the application of these methods to regulation in the UK, the European Union and the USA. Much of the work in this area has been on infrastructure regulation in developing countries. The pa...

Politics and the Regulatory Agencies

Comparison of diagnostic criteria for Atopic dermatitis in epidemiological studies

Atopic dermatitis is one of the commonest childhood diseases. Large variations in the prevalence of the disease have been observed in different studies. This variation in the prevalence may be not only from genetic and environmental factors but also from methodology of estimating prevalence of the disease. In this study, Hanifin and UKWP criteria have been used in determining prevalence of the ...

The role of veterinary medicine regulatory agencies.

An effective animal medicine regulatory programme includes a systematic, evidence-based means of documenting the safety and effectiveness of products before they are produced, marketed or used in a particular country or region. The programme must also include adequate monitoring and controls over the use of these substances. It is clearthat such programmes provide veterinarians, farmers and oth...