Improving Exposure Assessment Methodologies for Epidemiological Studies on Pesticides: Study Protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Exposure to certain pesticides has been associated with several chronic diseases. However, to determine the role of pesticides in the causation of such diseases, an assessment of historical exposures is required. Exposure measurement data are rarely available; therefore, assessment of historical exposures is frequently based on surrogate self-reported information, which has inherent limitations. Understanding the performance of the applied surrogate measures in the exposure assessment of pesticides is therefore important to allow proper evaluation of the risks.

Objective

The Improving Exposure Assessment Methodologies for Epidemiological Studies on Pesticides (IMPRESS) project aims to assess the reliability and external validity of the surrogate measures used to a

SUBMITTER: Jones K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7070347 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature