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ReviewFrontiers in public health2020

Considering Exposure Assessment in Epidemiological Studies of Chronic Health in Military Populations.

Amy L Hall, Mary Beth MacLean, Linda VanTil, David Iain McBride, Deborah C Glass

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Review in Frontiers in public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Amy L HallResearch Directorate, Veterans Affairs Canada, Charlottetown, PE, Canada.
Mary Beth MacLeanResearch Directorate, Veterans Affairs Canada, Charlottetown, PE, Canada.
Linda VanTilResearch Directorate, Veterans Affairs Canada, Charlottetown, PE, Canada.
David Iain McBrideDepartment of Preventive & Social Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Deborah C GlassPublic Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exposure assessment is an important factor in all epidemiological research seeking to identify, evaluate, and control health risks. In the military and veteran context, population health research to explore exposure-response links is complicated by the wide variety of environments and hazards encountered during active service, long latency periods, and a lack of information on exposures in potentially vulnerable subgroups. This paper summarizes some key considerations for exposure assessment in long-term health studies of military populations, including the identification of hazards related to military service, characterization of potentially exposed groups, exposure data collection, and assignment of exposures to estimate health risks. Opportunities and future directions for exposure assessment in this field are also discussed.

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Military PersonnelVeteransEpidemiologic StudiesForecastingHealth BehaviorHumansexposure assessmentmilitary epidemiologymilitary healthmilitary populationsveteran health

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PMID33123510
PMCPMC7573167

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