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Preferred term
environmental and occupational epidemiology
Definition
- Environmental and occupational epidemiology are subdisciplines of epidemiology and use the same standard epidemiologic research approaches, study designs, and analytical methods in estimating disease occurrence, relative risk, and statistical variability. These two disciplines focus on studying the effects on human health attributable to chemical, particulate, metallic, physical, infectious, and psychosocial agents in the workplace and general environment. [Source: Encyclopedia of Epidemiology; Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/environmental_and_occupational_epidemiology
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