title: [Case-control studies to assess relative risk in proximity of putative sources of environmental pollution].
abstract: This paper discusses the analysis of the disease risk as function of distance from prespecified exposure sources. Instead of the usual ecological framework, the proposed model is based on individual data and includes the major individual risks factors as covariates. The risk due to environmental exposure is modelled using excess relative risk as effect measure, while the effect of individual risk factors is modelled using relative risk. A case-control design is proposed to fit this model and to obtain effect estimates.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento Statistico, Universitá di Firenze.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Biggeri
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lagazio
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004787:Environmental Pollution; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D015233:Models, Statistical
vernacular_title: Studi caso-controllo per l'analisi del rischio relativo in vicinaza di potenziali sorgenti di esposizione ambientale.