Use of gray literature and other data in environmental epidemiology / Committee on Environmental Epidemiology, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Environmental Epidemiology.

Series:

Environmental epidemiology ; v.2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental health.

Epidemiology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (199 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Use of gray literature and other data in environmental epidemiology

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy of Sciences, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Determining the health risks to humans of exposure to toxic substances in the environment is made difficult by problems such as measuring the degree to which people have been exposed and determining causation--whether observed health effects are due to exposure to a suspected toxicant. Building on the well-received first volume, "Environmental Epidemiology: Hazardous Wastes and Public Health," this second volume continues the examination of ways to address these difficulties. It describes effective epidemiological methods for analyzing data and focuses on errors that may occur in the course of analyses. The book also investigates the utility of the gray literature in helping to identify the often elusive causative agent behind reported health effects. Although gray literature studies are often based on a study group that is quite small, use inadequate measures of exposure, and are not published, many of the reports from about 20 states that were examined by the committee were judged to be publishable with some additional work. The committee makes recommendations to improve the utility of the gray literature by enhancing quality and availability.

Contents:

Front Matter

Preface

Contents

1 Environmental Epidemiology: The Context

2 Environmental-Epidemiology Studies: Their Design and Conduct

3 Exposure Assessment in Environmental Epidemiology

4 Researching a Broad Range of Health Outcomes

5 Data Systems and Opportunities for Advances

6 Opportunities for Methodologic Advances in Data Analysis

7 Review of the Gray Literature from State Reports

8 Major Conclusions and Recommendations

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780309524537

0309524539

9780585037721

0585037728

OCLC:

632498182