Using Employment Data in Epidemiology

Data have recently become available that can be used to shed light on the determinants of rare but catastrophic diseases such as leukemia. These data are accounting-type records from the unemployment insurance systems in particular states. Because these data cover most workers (whether unemployed or...

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Main Authors: Jondrow, James M, Hunt, Leon
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
CATASTROPHIC CONDITIONS
DISEASES
EMPLOYMENT
Environmental Health and Safety
EPIDEMIOLOGY
EXPOSURE(PHYSIOLOGY)
FILES(RECORDS)
HAZARDS
HEALTH SURVEYS
INSURANCE
JOBS
Medicine and Medical Research
MORBIDITY
PUBLIC HEALTH
RISK
STATISTICAL DATA
Statistics and Probability
WORK
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Summary:Data have recently become available that can be used to shed light on the determinants of rare but catastrophic diseases such as leukemia. These data are accounting-type records from the unemployment insurance systems in particular states. Because these data cover most workers (whether unemployed or not), they provide the huge samples needed to analyze these diseases. Their combination with health data and their role relative to other data sets are described in this paper. (Author)