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The implications of an epidemiological mistake: a community's response to a perceived excess cancer risk.

Author(s) -

Tee L. Guidotti,

P Jacobs

Publication year - 1993

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.83.2.233

Subject(s) - allegation , risk perception , cancer , public health , demography , real estate , environmental health , gerontology , perception , psychology , medicine , social psychology , sociology , economics , political science , nursing , finance , neuroscience , law

The response of community residents to a perceived cancer excess may include changes in attitude, health-related behavior, and property values. In 1986, a cancer agency conducted a study of cancer incidence (1979 to 1983) in two suburbs of Edmonton, Alberta, and reported elevations on the order of 25% over expected for most sites. Reanalysis of these data several months later revealed an error. Correction brought the rates into line with Alberta as a whole and with other communities surrounding Edmonton.

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