Open AccessCOHORT STUDY AS A METHOD IN ASSESSING ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES AND HEALTH OUTCOMES
Author(s) -
Biljana Kocić
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
acta medica medianae
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1821-2794
pISSN - 0365-4478
DOI - 10.5633/amm.2015.0413
Subject(s) - cohort , environmental epidemiology , cohort study , environmental health , medicine , epidemiology , pathology
Cohort study has made, and will continue to make, important contributions to the environmental epidemiologic research. The purpose of this article is to discuss the principles of a cohort study design and related methodological issues in environmental epidemiology. Many examples illustrate the value of the cohort study as investigative approach in assessing environmental exposures and health outcomes. Cohort studies have provided fundamental knowledge for prevention strategies
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