Epidemiological studies for detection of teratogens.

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• Personal Author:
  Saxen L ; Saxen L
• Description:
  Epidemiological methods of detecting teratogenic agents are reviewed. Population, cohort and case control study procedures are evaluated based on data collected during previous investigations. Confounding factors in each type of study are discussed, including secondary or unknown exposures, subject selection, chance correlations, and maternal memory bias. The author concludes that epidemiological studies can identify teratogenic agents or populations at risk. For teratology studies involving industrial chemical exposures, retrospective or prospective cohort studies would provide the most meaningful data. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Case Reports Epidemiology Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Teratogenesis
• Keywords:
  Epidemiology; Teratogenesis; Case-studies; Risk-factors; Industrial-chemicals;
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings ; Proceedings
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  357-376
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00105788
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1980 Oct; :357-376
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of a Workshop on Methodology for Assessing Reproductive Hazards in the Workplace, April 19-22, 1978, P.F. Infante and M.S. Legator, Eds. Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, NIOSH, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/241164/cdc_241164_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]