Occupational Cancer Epidemiology

An in-depth overview on issues of current concern in occupational cancer epidemiology.

Autorentext
An in-depth overview on issues of current concern in occupational cancer epidemiology.

Klappentext

The objectives of this book are twofold: firstly, to provide state of the art reviews on topics of current interest in occupational cancer epidemiology; secondly, to present new and innovative methodological approaches to analytic problems commonly encountered in occupational cancer epidemiology. The combination of these two subjects in a single volume makes it particularly interesting to specialists looking for an in-depth overview on health issues of current concern in occupational cancer epidemiology. Subjects of special interest are cancer risk from occupational and environmental exposures to radon, electromagnetic fields and pesticides; exposure assessment; risk assessment and analysis of data from occupational cohort studies.

Inhalt
Role of Epidemiology in Health Risk Assessment.- Discovering Occupational Carcinogens in Population-Based Case-Control Studies: Review of Findings from an Exposure-Based Approach and a Methodologic Comparison of Alternative Data Collection Strategies.- Recent Approaches to Retrospective Exposure Assessment in Occupational Cancer Epidemiology.- Effects of Measurement Errors on Estimates of Exposure-Response Relationships.- Adjustment for Confounding in Occupational Cancer Epidemiology.- Statistical Issues in the Analysis of Data from Occupational Cohort Studies.- Towards an Automated Micronucleus Assay as an Internal Dosimeter for Carcinogen-Exposed Human Population Groups.- Human Lung Cancer Risks Due to Complex Organic Mixtures of Combustion Emissions.- Cancer Risks Due to Asbestos and Man-Made Fibres.- Herbicides and Cancer: A Review and Discussion of Methodologic Issues.- Cancer Risks from Exposure to Radon Progeny in Mines and Dwellings.- Cancer Risks Due to Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields.- Identification of Occupational Cancer Risks Using a Population-Based Cancer Registry.