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ID (ISN) del documento50704
Número CIS 88-1879
ISSN - Título de la serie 0096-1736 - Journal of Occupational Medicine
Año 1987
Número de serie
Autor(es) Schulte P.A.
Título Simultaneous assessment of genetic and occupational risk factors
Información bibliográfica Nov. 1987, Vol.29, No.11, p.884-891. 71 ref.
Resumen The medical and epidemiological literature were surveyed and the methods for assessing genetic and occupational risks in the study were identified and critiqued. 5 major methodological approaches were identified: adjustment for race, ethnicity, and sex; case studies of occupational disease in genetically susceptible workers; cross-sectional evaluations of the prevalence of disease among genetically differentiated groups; case-control studies of the association of genetic characteristics and disease; and family studies of disease aggregations. These approaches, in part, allow for controlling genetic factors or identifying susceptible genes or phenotype markers that may differentiate occupational populations according to risk.
Descriptores (primarios) variables individuales; efectos genéticos; valoración del riesgo; enfermedades profesionales
Descriptores (secundarios) aspectos epidemiológicos; revisión bibliográfica
Tipo de documento D - Artículos periódicos
Tema(s) Patología profesional
Broad subject area(s) Medicina del trabajo, epidemiología
Navegación por categoria(s) Antifertility and prenatal effects
Genetic factors in reaction to exposures
Risk evaluation