Naslov
Methodological challenges in epidemiological approach of the etiology research of rare chronic diseases

Autori
Babuš, Vladimir

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Book of Abstracts - KDSA 2008, Workshop on Knowledge Discovery in Scientific Applications / Gamberger, Dragan - Zagreb : Institut Ruđer Bošković, 2008

Skup
KDSA 2008, Workshop on Knowledge Discovery in Scientific Applications

Mjesto i datum
Poreč, Hrvatska, 17.10.2008. - 19.10.2008

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
epidemiology; rare chronic diseases; etiology
(epidemiologija; rijetke kronične bolesti; etiologija)

Sažetak
Epidemiology is used for many purposes, but most often to learn about the etiology of diseases. Epidemiologic studies can be broadly categorized as observational or experimental, respectively descriptive or analytic. For investigating etiology of rare chronic disease, more and more is applied cluster approach. Most cluster investigation focus on cancer etiology. In practice that means more epidemiological challenges like rare health events, vague definitions and/or heterogeneity of cases, lack of population base for rate calculations, weak association and multiple risk factors, long induction periods, multiple comparisons, low level, long term, heterogeneous exposure and resource intensiveness of full investigation.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita

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