| Document ID (ISN) | 101598 |
| CIS number |
03-662 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1877-7856 - Encyclopédie médico-chirurgicale |
| Year |
2003 |
| Convention or series no. |
Fascicule 16-865-A-10
|
| Author(s) |
Massin N., Choudat D. |
| Title |
Cross-sectional epidemiological studies |
| Original title |
Etudes épidémiologiques transversales [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
Toxicologie Pathologie professionnelle, 1st Quarter 2003, No.138, 6p. Illus. 22 ref. |
| Abstract |
In cross-sectional epidemiological surveys, subjects that are included in the sample are subjected to investigations that are limited in time, allowing research to focus on issues that are present at the time of the study. These cross-sectional studies can be either descriptive or analytical. Descriptive cross-sectional studies focus on the frequency and distribution of diseases and health indicators. They enable the creation, the description and in some cases the comparison of data on the state of health of populations. The objective of analytical cross-sectional surveys is to highlight the relationship between health effects and exposures. Cross-sectional studies may be carried out at repeated intervals, thereby giving a longitudinal view of the data. In these cases also, the approach can be either descriptive, for example in epidemiological surveillance studies, or less frequently, analytical. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
occupational diseases; France; risk factors; cross-sectional study; health hazards; epidemiology |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
statistical trends; occupation disease relation; reliability; exposure evaluation; data sheet; medical supervision; occupational medicine; encyclopaedia; long-term study |
| Document type |
F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards |
| Country / State or Province | France |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Epidemiology
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