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ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGIST

Specialty Definition: ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGIST

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Occupations

Plans, directs, and conducts studies concerned with incidence of disease in industrial settings and effects of industrial chemicals on health: Confers with industry representatives to select occupational groups for study and to arrange for collection of data concerning work history of individuals and disease concentration and mortality rates among groups. Plans methods of conducting epidemiological studies and provides detailed specifications for collecting data to personnel participating in studies. Develops codes to facilitate computer input of demographic and epidemiological data for use by data processing personnel engaged in programming epidemiological statistics. Compares statistics on causes of death among members of selected working populations with those among general population, using life-table analyses. Analyzes data collected to determine probable effects of work settings and activities on disease and mortality rates, using valid statistical techniques and knowledge of epidemiology. Presents data in designated statistical format to illustrate common patterns among workers in selected occupations. Initiates and maintains contacts with statistical and data processing managers in other agencies to maintain access to epidemiological source materials. Evaluates materials from all sources for addition to or amendment of epidemiological data bank. Plans and directs activities of clerical and statistical personnel engaged in tabulation and analysis of epidemiological information to ensure accomplishment of objectives. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGIST


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 4E 56 49 52 4F 4E 4D 45 4E 54 41 4C      45 50 49 44 45 4D 49 4F 4C 4F 47 49 53 54

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01001110 01010110 01001001 01010010 01001111 01001110 01001101 01000101 01001110 01010100 01000001 01001100 00100000 01000101 01010000 01001001 01000100 01000101 01001101 01001001 01001111 01001100 01001111 01000111 01001001 01010011 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#78 &#86 &#73 &#82 &#79 &#78 &#77 &#69 &#78 &#84 &#65 &#76 &#32 &#69 &#80 &#73 &#68 &#69 &#77 &#73 &#79 &#76 &#79 &#71 &#73 &#83 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 004E 0056 0049 0052 004F 004E 004D 0045 004E 0054 0041 004C      0045 0050 0049 0044 0045 004D 0049 004F 004C 004F 0047 0049 0053 0054

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3948564352494847394854354623950433839474349464941435354

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INDEX

1. Orthography
2. Bibliography


  

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