Open AccessEvaluation of Confounding and Selection Bias in Epidemiological Studies of Populations Exposed to Low-Dose, High-Energy Photon Radiation
Author(s) -
Mary K. SchubauerBerigan,
Amy Berrington de González,
Elisabeth Cardis,
Dominique Laurier,
Jay H. Lubin,
Michael Hauptmann,
David B. Richardson
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of the national cancer institute. monographs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.014
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1745-6614
pISSN - 1052-6773
DOI - 10.1093/jncimonographs/lgaa008
Subject(s) - confounding , medicine , context (archaeology) , selection bias , epidemiology , environmental health , information bias , demography , pathology , biology , paleontology , sociology
Low-dose, penetrating photon radiation exposure is ubiquitous, yet our understanding of cancer risk at low doses and dose rates derives mainly from high-dose studies. Although a large number of low-dose cancer studies have been recently published, concern exists about the potential for confounding to distort findings. The aim of this study was to describe and assess the likely impact of confounding and selection bias within the context of a systematic review.