Open AccessLessons from ecological and spatial studies in relation to occupational lung disease
Author(s) -
Anna Hansell,
Nicky Best,
Lesley Rushton
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.94
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1528-4050
pISSN - 1473-6322
DOI - 10.1097/aci.0b013e32832921f3
Subject(s) - medicine , spatial analysis , environmental health , epidemiology , disease , lung disease , data science , computer science , geography , pathology , lung , remote sensing
The majority of epidemiological research into occupational lung disease has been advanced by the study of individuals, typically in a workplace setting. This review examines how recent advances in ecological and spatial study methodology and in the information held in routine databases could be used to enhance occupational health studies.