I study was conducted to assess whether occupational radiation exposure ated with leukemia in their offspring. The...
D Question 5 1 pts A study was conducted to assess the association between benzene exposure and leukemia. 40,000 workers occupationally exposed to benzene and 52,000 workers not occupationally exposed to benzene were followed for 10 years. At the end of the ten years, there were 792 cases of leukemia among benzene-exposed workers and 92 cases among the unexposed workers. Before you begin answering the questions, use the information above to fill in the following contingency table: EXPOSUREDISEASE TOTAL 40,000...
A case control study was conducted in Alabama to find out whether exposure to antibiotic during pregnancy resulted in risk of child developing eosinophilic esophagitis. Investigators selected 300 cases of women who has child with eosinophilic esophagitis and 600 controls. The study found that 110 case mothers and 60 control mothers reported using antibiotics during pregnancy. Set up a two-by-two table for this data Calculate the odds ratio. State in words your interpretation of this odds ratio.
Question 3: A case control study was conducted in Alabama to find out whether exposure to antibiotic during pregnancy resulted in risk of child developing eosinophilic esophagitis. Investigators selected 300 cases of women who has child with eosinophilic esophagitis and 600 controls. The study found that 110 case mothers and 60 control mothers reported using antibiotics during pregnancy. a. Set up a two-by-two table for this data. (2pts) b. Calculate the odds ratio. (3pts) C. State in words your interpretation...
Lung Cancer & Smoking Case Study A causal relationship between cigarette smoking and lung cancer was first suspected in the 1920s on the basis of clinical observations. To test this apparent association, numerous epidemiologic studies were undertaken between 1930 and 1960. Two studies were conducted by Richard Doll and Austin Bradford Hill in Great Britain The first was a case-control study begun in 1947 comparing the smoking habits of lung cancer patients with the smoking habits of other patients. The...
Indicate the one major type of limitation that is possible in each of the situations described below. Choose from the following: selection bias, information bias, confounding, random error, limited generalizability or no error. Choose only one per example. A case-control study was conducted to determine whether lower socioeconomic status was associated with a higher risk of cervical cancer. The cases consisted of 250 women with cervical cancer who had been referred to Massachusetts General Hospital for treatment for cervical cancer. They were referred from...
In your opinion, which of the below three study design is best to assess the relationship between smoking and CRC? Why? (6 sentences) No plagiarism please Cross Sectional Study 1. Verga Enterprises is conducting a study to assess the relationship between smoking and colorectal cancer (CRC). In the survey that was conducted, 20 out of 100 non-smokers had CRC, while 40 out of 60 smokers had CRC. (a) What makes this a Cross Sectional study design? This particular case is...
1. Identify the study design.Which is the main exposure variable and which is the outcome variable? 2. A confounder is an extraneous variable that wholly or partially accounts for the observed effect of a risk factor on disease status. It should meet all of the following three conditions: . it is an independent risk factor for the outcome. . it is associated with the exposure . it is not in the causal pathway between exposure and outcome One way to...
I have this case study to solve. i want to ask which type of case study in this like problem, evaluation or decision? if its decision then what are the criterias and all? Stardust Petroleum Sendirian Berhad: how to inculcate the pro-active safety culture? Farzana Quoquab, Nomahaza Mahadi, Taram Satiraksa Wan Abdullah and Jihad Mohammad Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success. - Henry Ford The beginning Stardust was established in 2013 as a...