The epidemiologic basis for the notification of subjects of cohort studies

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• Personal Author:
  Schulte, Paul A.
• Description:
  The epidemiological basis for the notification of subjects of the positive results of occupational retrospective cohort mortality studies was examined. The assumptions underlying the issue of notification and the issues and criteria that should be considered prior to notification were addressed. Topics included: inherent limitations of cohort mortality studies; pertinency of study results to cohort members; risk to survivors; simultaneous inferences; weighing the decision to notify; proposed criteria for notification; methodologic integrity; adjusted statistical significance; and consideration of the magnitude of absolute lifetime risk. The author concludes that people have a fundamental right to know their own study results and hence their cohort's risks regardless of whether there are intervention possibilities. The establishment of explicit criteria for notification is critical to the orderly evaluation of research results as they pertain to the surviving subjects. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Epidemiology Mortality Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Risk Assessment Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Health-surveys Mortality-surveys Occupational-exposure Risk-analysis
• ISSN:
  0002-9262
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  351-361
• Volume:
  121
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00193474
• Citation:
  Am J Epidemiol 1985 Mar; 121(3):351-361
• Contact Point Address:
  Dr. Paul A. Schulte, Mail Stop R-13, NIOSH, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1985
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Epidemiology
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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