Occupational Cancer Epidemiology

Round Table Advances in Occupational Cancer Occupational Cancer Epidemiology

Biomarkers in occupational cancer epidemiology: considerations in study design.

Epidemiologic studies of occupational groups have been central to the identification of human carcinogens. The incorporation of a biochemical component into occupational studies of cancer can expand the possibilities for identifying human carcinogens and for understanding the disease process. Two epidemiologic studies of occupation and cancer which include evaluation of biomarkers are described...

Occupational cancer in France: epidemiology, toxicology, prevention, and compensation.

This article is a description of the current situation in France with regard to occupational cancer: research, prevention, and occupation. Toxicologic experiments are carried out using (italic)in vitro(/italic) and (italic)in vivo(/italic) tests, particularly using transgenic mice. Several epidemiologic studies have been conducted over the last decades: population-based case-control studies; mo...

Meta-analysis and occupational epidemiology.

Meta-analysis is increasingly appearing in the epidemiologic literature. Although originally performed in the context of experimental or randomized controlled study designs and with regard to problems that are amenable to these designs, the method has also been applied to studies in observational epidemiologic settings. This movement has generated considerable debate about the validity of meta-...

Intervention studies in occupational epidemiology.

Correspondence to: Prof. T S Kristensen, National Institute of Occupational Health, Lerso Parkalle 105, DK-2100 Copenhagen O, Denmark; [email protected] _________________________ T he proportion of intervention studies in occupational epidemiology has been growing rapidly in recent years. This is a positive trend, which makes it necessary to discuss a number of theoretical, methodological, and practic...