Chronic occupational respiratory disease.
The authors discuss various methodologic issues pertinent to the epidemiologic study of chronic occupational lung disease. Examples to illustrate problems inherent in chronic occupational lung disease epidemiology and approaches to surmounting them are presented from the extensive literature on coal miners' lung diseases.
Attfield
M D
MD
Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, WV 26505-2888, USA.
Wagner
G R
GR
D015982:Bias; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012107:Research Design; D018570:Risk Assessment