Exposure assessment in occupational and environmental epidemiology / edited by Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.

Oxford Scholarship Online.

Lachs-Adler Family Endowed Fund for Collection Development.

Series:

Oxford medical publications

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health risk assessment.

Environmental health.

Occupational diseases--Epidemiology.

Occupational diseases.

Environmentally induced diseases--Epidemiology.

Environmentally induced diseases.

Occupational Diseases--epidemiology.

Environmental Exposure.

Environmental Health.

Risk Assessment.

Medical Subjects:

Occupational Diseases--epidemiology.

Environmental Exposure.

Environmental Health.

Risk Assessment.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 283 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The recent and rapid expansion of occupational and environmental epidemiology and health risk assessment looks set to continue in line with growing public, government, and media concern about occupational and environmental health issues, and a scientific need to better understand and explain the effects of occupational and environmental pollutants on human health. Risks associated with occupational and environmental exposure are generally small, but the exposed population, and hence the population attributable risk, may be large. To detect small risks, the exposure assessment needs to be very refined. Exposure assessment is the study of the distribution and determinants of potentially hazardous agents, and includes the estimation of intensity, duration, and frequency of exposure, the variation in these indices and their determinants. Epidemiological studies can utilize information on variation and determinants of exposure to optimize the exposure-response relations. Many methodological and practical problems arise when conducting an exposure assessment for epidemiological studies and these are addressed in the book, as is the issue of measurement error and exposure misclassification and its effect on exposure response relationships. The book outlines the basic principles of exposure assessment, in both occupational and environmental epidemiology, since there are many similarities but also some interesting differences. It examines the current status and research questions in the exposure assessment of occupational and environmental epidemiological studies of allergens, particulate matter, chlorination disinfection by-products, agricultural pesticides, and radiofrequencies. Set against a growing public, media and political concern about occupational and environmental health issues, this text is a comprehensive reference on methods and applications in the field of exposure assessment for occupational and environmental epidemiological studies.

Contents:

Section I Methods 1

1. Introduction to exposure assessment / Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen 3

2. Questionnaires / Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen 21

3. Environmental measurement and modelling: introduction and source dispersion modelling / Roy Colvile, David Briggs, Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen 39

4. Environmental measurement and modelling: geographical information systems / David Briggs 55

5. Personal exposure monitoring / Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen 71

6. Analysis and modelling of personal exposure / Alex Burdorf 85

7. Retrospective exposure assessment / Wolfgang Ahrens, Patricia Stewart 103

8. Exposure surrogates: job-exposure matrices, self-reports, and expert evaluations / Kay Teschke 119

9. Dermal exposure assessment / Sean Semple, John W. Cherrie 133

10. Physiologically based pharmacokinetic modelling / George Loizou, Martin Spendiff 151

11. Biological monitoring / Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen, Pierre Droz 167

12. Exposure measurement error: consequences and design issues / Ben Armstrong 181

Section II Current topics 201

13. Allergen exposure and occupational respiratory allergy and asthma / Dick Heederik 203

14. Particulate matter / Helen H. Suh 221

15. Exposure assessment in studies of chlorination disinfection by-products and birth outcomes / Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen 237

16. Exposure assessment of pesticides in cancer epidemiology / Mustafa Dosemeci 251

17. Radiofrequency exposure and cancer / Martie van Tongeren, Philip Chadwick 263.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Oxford Scholarship Online Public Health and Epidemiology

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lachs-Adler Family Endowed Fund for Collection Development.

Other Format:

Print version

ISBN:

0198528612

9780198528616

9780191723933

0191723932

OCLC:

508483735

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.