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IJE Advance Access originally published online on November 18, 2005
International Journal of Epidemiology 2005 34(6):1376-1377; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi228
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Commentary: About that measurement problem

James R Marshall

Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm and Carlton Streets, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA

E-mail: james.marshall@roswellpark.org

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The goal of epidemiological inquiry is to estimate the extent to which conditions and exposures affect our risks of the diseases that afflict us; we seek to know how much of the risk of disease might be attributed to a given exposure or condition. Given finite resources and options, we want to identify the most important among malleable risk factors, so that we can focus on those.

This is true of the occupational setting from which Fox et al.1 drew their example: given that we cannot eliminate all hazards to workers, or to those who may be exposed to . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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