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Report Of The State-Of-The-Science Workshop: Evaluation Of Epidemiological Data Consistency For Application In Regulatory Risk Assessment (Final Report)
Citation:
U.S. EPA. Report Of The State-Of-The-Science Workshop: Evaluation Of Epidemiological Data Consistency For Application In Regulatory Risk Assessment (Final Report). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, (2013).
Impact/Purpose:
EPA recognized a need to improve approaches to assessing consistency in epidemiological study results and the Johns Hopkins Risk Sciences and Public Policy Institute organized a workshop held in Baltimore, Maryland in September 2010 to identify and discuss key methodological issues, and to develop recommendations for qualitative and quantitative approaches to addressing those issues.
Description:
EPA announced the availability of the independent workshop proceedings, Report of the State-of-the-Science Workshop: Evaluation of Epidemiological Data Consistency for Application in Regulatory Risk Assessment. This report provides a summary of selected epidemiology methodological issues for assessing consistency in epidemiological study results.
Workshop Proceedings
Purpose:
EPA recognized a need to improve approaches to assessing consistency in epidemiological study results and the Johns Hopkins Risk Sciences and Public Policy Institute organized a workshop held in Baltimore, Maryland in September 2010 to identify and discuss key methodological issues, and to develop recommendations for qualitative and quantitative approaches to addressing those issues. The workshop was co-sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, with additional support provided by Health Canada.
A multi-disciplinary approach was utilized for the workshop, involving well recognized experts from a variety of fields, and the invited participants were drawn from academia, industry, government, and the public interest sectors. This report provides a summary of selected epidemiology methodological issues discussed by the workshop participants and provides the key findings and recommendations for future approaches to addressing this issue.
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Report of the State-of-the-Science Workshop: Evaluation of Epidemiological Data Consistency for Application in Regulatory Risk Assessment (PDF, 23 pp, 256 KB, about PDF)Workshop Report: Evaluation of Epidemiological Data Consistency for Application in Regulatory Risk Assessment [ Open Epidemiology Journal, 2013, 6, 1-8]
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