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Risk identification by register epidemiology - a Swedish experience

H. Malker ; National Board of Occupational Safety and Health, Solna, Sweden

Sažetak

Population registration in Sweden dates back to 1749. The personal identification number, unique for each individual, was introduced in the late 1940s. This number facilitates the linkage, at the individual level, of information from effect registers (e.g. the Cause of Death Registry or the Cancer Registry) and registers containing information on possible exposures or on occupation and industry. A linkage between an effect register and a census can be used to screen for high risk groups in different work environments. This usage is exemplified with studies on malignant pleural mesotheliomas and nasal cancer. The results were in agreement with previous knowledge about risk environments but also yielded some new hypotheses. Some problems in register epidemiology are reviewed. Comments are made on the use and usefulness of register epidemiology and also on possible study designs for the follow-up of the hypotheses arising from such studies.

Ključne riječi

Hrčak ID:

152625

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/152625

Datum izdavanja:

15.6.1989.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

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