Health epidemiologic

Narrow WE, Regier DA, Rae DS, et al (1993). Use of services by persons with mental and addictive disorders. Findings from the National Institute of Mental Health Epidemiologic Catchment Area Program. 

IN Indiana State Department of Health Epidemiology Resource Center None ... 

Dryman A, Eaton WW Affective symptoms associated with the onset of major depression in the community findings from the US National Institute of Mental Health Epidemiologic Catchment Area Program. Acta Psychiatr Scand 84 1-5, 1991... 

Axelson, 0. (1978) Aspects on confounding in occupational health epidemiology (Letter to the Editor). Scand. J. Work Environ. Health, 4, 98-102... 

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Community Epidemiology Work Group. National Institutes of Health Epidemiologic Trends in Drug Abuse, Advance Report. June 2000. 

The Pan American Health Organization. PAHO topics include child health, epidemiology, food and nutrition, gender and health, health promotion, injuries and violence, lifestyles, maternal health, non-communicable diseases, etc. 

See also Ames Test Analytical Toxicology Animal Models Biomarkers, Human Health Epidemiology Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) In Vitro Test In Vivo Test Risk Assessment, Human Health Risk Characterization Toxicity, Acute Toxicity, Chronic Toxicity, Subchronic. 

Hemberg S. 1983. A decade of occupational health epidemiology in Finland [Abstract]. Lancet 2 498-500. 

Kim Lyngby Mikkelsen is a medical doctor with a PhD in public health epidemiology. He worked for 10 years as a senior researcher in occupational health safety research, focusing on safety culture and climate, on the development of a Nordic safety climate questionnaire and on safety intervention research. Since 2009 his work has been centred on patient safety, including learning from adverse events. 

Lamkaddem, B., and M. Roelands 2007. Belgian National Report on Drugs 2007. Brussels Scientific Institute of Public Health, Epidemiology Unit. 

Confer, R. G. and T. R. Confer. 1999. Occupational Health and Safety Terms, Definitions, and Abbreviations, 2nd ed. Boca Raton, FL Lewis Publishers. This covers about 5,000 terms in the areas of industrial hygiene, safety, occupational medicine, and other related areas in acoustics, chemistry, physics, and biology. Terms on bacteriology, environmental health, epidemiology, illumination, mathematics, and microscopy are also included. 

Case 2 In 2002, Alaska s Division of Public Health, Epidemiology Section conducted an intensive study of blood lead levels in school-sponsored rifle teams after a team coach was found to have an elevated BLL of 44 pg/dl. They reviewed six rifle teams at three indoor firing ranges. Participating were 36 students and 35 adults (including family members and six coaches). 

Only very recently have the government and other health agencies bowed to the preponderance of clinical, experimental, epidemiological, and historical evidence that moderate consumption of wine is not only not detrimental, but is beneficial. The proven benefit is in lowered incidence of cardiovascular complications in wine consumers. This apparently accounts for the relative health in this regard of people in Erance, Italy, and other Mediterranean countries even though their diet is otherwise less healthful (more fat particularly). 

J. C. Contassot and co-workers, "Epidemiological Study of Cancer Morbidity Among Workers Exposed to Hydrazine," poster presented at the XXII International Congress on Occupational Health, in Sydney, AustraUa, Sept.—Oct., 1987. 

The relationship between workplace exposure to airborne asbestos fibers and respiratory diseases is one of the most widely studied subjects of modern epidemiology (37—39). Asbestos-related health concerns were first raised at the beginning of the century in the UK and the latter appears to have been the first country to regulate the asbestos-user industry (40). However, at that time, infectious respiratory diseases were a much greater concern than those arising from poor industrial hygiene practices. 

The replacement of asbestos fibers by other fibrous materials has raised similar health issues in relation to substitute materials. However, since lung cancer has a latency period of approximately 25 years, and since the fiber exposure levels in contemporary industries is far lower than those which prevailed half a century ago, the epidemiological data on most substitutes is insufficient. A possible exception is slag fibers for which several studies on worker populations are available over extended periods (44) some results show a substantial increase in lung cancer occurrence. Consequentiy, the toxicity of asbestos substitute fibers remains a subject of active investigation. 

Health ha2ards linked to carbon disulfide are extensively covered (136). Also available are epidemiological studies (144—146), general reviews containing many references (147—150), and a Material Safety Data Sheet (151). 

Cobalt compounds can be classified as relatively nontoxic (33). There have been few health problems associated with workplace exposure to cobalt. The primary workplace problems from cobalt exposure are fibrosis, also known as hard metal disease (34,35), asthma, and dermatitis (36). Finely powdered cobalt can cause siUcosis. There is Htfle evidence to suggest that cobalt is a carcinogen in animals and no epidemiological evidence of carcinogenesis in humans. The LD q (rat) for cobalt powder is 1500 mg/kg. The oral LD q (rat) for cobalt(II) acetate, chloride, nitrate, oxide, and sulfate are 194, 133, 198, 1700, 5000, and 279 mg/kg, respectively the intraperitoneal LD q (rat) for cobalt(III) oxide is 5000 mg/kg (37). 

Compare the strengths and weaknesses of health effects information obtained from epidemiological, clinical, and toxicological studies. 

EPIDEMIOLOGY The Study in populations of health factors affecting the occuirence and resolution of disease and other health-related conditions. 

Exposure to sulfur dioxide in the ambient air has been associated with reduced lung function, increased incidence of respiratory symptoms and diseases, irritation of the eyes, nose, and throat, and premature mortality. Children, the elderly, and those already suffering from respiratory ailments, such as asthmatics, are especially at risk. Health impacts appear to be linked especially to brief exposures to ambient concentrations above 1,000 ixg/in (acute exposures measured over 10 minutes). Some epidemiologic studies, however, have shown an association between relatively low annual mean levels and excess mortality. It is not clear whether long-... 

Very little is known of the epidemiology of waterborne diseases. The current database is insufficient to determine the scope and intensity of the problem. The devastating effect of epidemics is sufficient to rank water-associated epidemics as a most important public health problem. 

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