Blair A, Hayes R B, Stewart P A, Zahm S H
Occupational Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892-7364, USA.
Occup Med. 1996 Jul-Sep;11(3):403-19.
Occupational epidemiologic investigations have provided, and will continue to provide, important information to understand environmental causes of disease. High-quality investigations designed to test hypotheses have several requirements. They must include valid quantitative assessments of exposure, some information on lifestyle risk factors, and include biologic monitoring and marker components whenever possible. Availability of these data allows a clear evaluation of potential confounders and biases, assessment of interaction among risk factors, and provides the opportunity to identify susceptible subgroups.
职业流行病学调查已经并将继续提供重要信息，以了解疾病的环境病因。旨在检验假设的高质量调查有几个要求。它们必须包括对暴露的有效定量评估、一些关于生活方式风险因素的信息，并尽可能包括生物监测和标志物成分。这些数据的可用性有助于对潜在的混杂因素和偏倚进行清晰评估，评估风险因素之间的相互作用，并提供识别易感亚组的机会。
