Research methods in occupational epidemiology / Harvey Checkoway, Neil Pearce, Douglas J. Crawford-Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Checkoway, Harvey.

Contributor:

Crawford-Brown, Douglas J.

Pearce, Neil.

Series:

Monographs in epidemiology and biostatistics ; 13.

Monographs in epidemiology and biostatistics ; 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Occupational diseases--Epidemiology.

Occupational diseases.

Diseases--Epidemiology.

Diseases.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (363 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

1. Introduction2. Characterizing the Workplace Environment3. Overview of Study Designs4. Issues of Study Design and Analysis5. Cohort Studies6. Case-Control Studies7. Cross-Sectional Studies8. Advanced Statistical Analysis9. Dose and Exposure Modeling10. Special Applications of Occupational Epidemiology Data.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""1. Introduction""; ""1. Overview""; ""2. Historical Background""; ""2.1. Recognition of Occupational Diseases""; ""2.2. Development of Systematic Epidemiologic Methods""; ""3. Scope of Occupational Epidemiology""; ""3.1. Identifying Occupational Hazards and Populations at Risk""; ""3.2. Estimation of Effects""; ""3.3. Causal Inference""; ""References""; ""2. Characterizing the Workplace Environment""; ""1. Overview""; ""2. General Concepts of Exposure and Dose""; ""2.1. Definitions of Exposure and Dose Variables""; ""3. Types and Sources of Exposure Data""

""3.1. Industry-Based Studies""""3.2. Community-Based Studies""; ""4. Classification of Exposure Levels""; ""4.1. Exposure Classification for Specific Biological Targets""; ""4.2. Combining Exposure Data from Various Sources""; ""5. Summary""; ""Glossary""; ""References""; ""3. Overview of Study Designs""; ""1. Overview""; ""2. Case Series""; ""3. Cohort Studies""; ""3.1. Prospective Cohort Studies""; ""3.2. Historical Cohort Studies""; ""3.3. Subcohort Analysis""; ""4. Case�Control Studies""; ""4.1. Industry-Based (Nested) Case�Control Studies""

""4.2. Registry-Based Case�Control Studies""""5. Proportionate Mortality Studies""; ""6. Cross-Sectional Studies""; ""7. Connection Between Study Designs""; ""8. Summary""; ""Glossary""; ""References""; ""4. Issues of Study Design and Analysis""; ""1. Overview""; ""2. Precision and Validity""; ""2.1. Precision""; ""2.2. Validity""; ""3. Selection Bias""; ""3.1. Definition""; ""3.2. The Healthy Worker Effect""; ""3.3. Minimizing Selection Bias""; ""4. Information Bias""; ""4.1. Nondifferential Information Bias""; ""4.2. Differential Information Bias""; ""4.3. Assessment of Information Bias""

""5. Confounding""""5.1. Definition""; ""5.2. Relationship of Confounding to Selection and Information Bias""; ""5.3. The Healthy Worker Effect Revisited""; ""5.4. Other Confounders""; ""5.5. Assessment of Confounding""; ""5.6. Control of Confounding""; ""6. Estimating Joint Effects""; ""6.1. Joint Effects""; ""6.2. Effect Modification""; ""Glossary""; ""Notation""; ""References""; ""5. Cohort Studies""; ""1. Overview""; ""2. Basic Cohort Design""; ""2.1. Design Options: Prospective and Historical""; ""2.2. Defining and Following the Study Cohort""; ""3. Methods of Data Analysis""

""3.1. Risks and Rates""""3.2. Stratum-Specific Rates""; ""3.3. Summary Measures of Effect""; ""4. Strategies of Analysis""; ""4.1. Overall Cohort Analysis""; ""4.2. Subcohort Analysis""; ""4.3. Missing Exposure Data""; ""4.4. Disease Induction and Latency Analysis""; ""5. Planning a Cohort Study""; ""6. Example of a Cohort Study: Asbestos Textile Plant Workers""; ""6.1. Description of the Plant and Study Cohort""; ""6.2. Vital Status Tracing and Cause of Death Determination""; ""6.3. Results""; ""7. Summary of Advantages and Limitations of Occupational Cohort Studies""; ""Glossary""

""Notation""

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-280-44020-1

9786610440207

0-19-974866-7

1-60129-683-5

OCLC:

922969780