| Methodologic Research Needs in Environmental Epidemiology: Data Analysis Ross L. Prentice1* and Duncan Thomas2 1Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson
Cancer Research Center, 1124 Columbia Street, Seattle, WA 98104; 2Department
of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Southern California,
1420 San Pablo, PMB B-201, Los Angeles, CA 90033 Abstract
A brief review is given of data analysis methods for the identification and quantification of associations between environmental exposures and health events of interest. Data analysis methods are outlined for each of the study designs mentioned, with an emphasis on topics in need of further research. Particularly noted are the need for improved methods for accommodating exposure assessment measurement errors in analytic epidemiologic studies and for improved methods for the conduct and analysis of aggregate data (ecologic) studies. -- Environ Health Perspect 101 (Suppl 4) :39-48 (1993) . Key Words: Aggregate data studies, analytic data studies, carcinogenic models, exposure measurement error, meta-analysis, relative risk regression, validation substudies
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