Epidemiology in studies of occupational health.

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• Personal Author:
  Enterline PE
• Description:
  The application of epidemiology to studies of occupational health was reviewed. The three main methods used for epidemiological observations included the method of difference, the method of concomitant variation, and the method of replication. Specific illustrations included John Snow's observations on drinking water sources and the 1854 cholera epidemic in London, the incidence of leukemia following the atomic bomb detonations at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respiratory cancer occurring from a single exposure to asbestos, lung cancer mortality for chromate and oil refinery workers, and standardized mortality ratios for arsenic exposed smelter workers based on the intensity and duration of exposure. Comparisons between different epidemiologic studies done on asbestos (1332214) in North America indicated similar excess risks. The author concludes that epidemiologic studies can be used to determine excess disease fRom, William N.orker exposure to specific agents but cannot be used to prove causality.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Epidemiology Hunting Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Protective Clothing Safety Safety Management

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• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Cancer-rates Demographic-characteristics Disease-incidence Health-surveys Morbidity-rates Mortality-rates Occupational-exposure Risk-analysis
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference/Symposia Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Missouri ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 7 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  212-220
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00184903
• Citation:
  Occupational safety and health symposia 1977. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 78-169, 1978 Jun; :212-220
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1978
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational safety and health symposia 1977
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:29eaf4416489055bbc2b2e9dfc9fbf2bdf8b8fd003710a33d2c129ed02795db7d2a9b79ee2ec5fe6d4e618697b1ccb8d3fcd6b97da0877c8130b7e549560757a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/180185/cdc_180185_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 1.04 MB ]