Abstract
There is growing evidence that some chronic diseases are caused, or promoted, by infectious disease. 'Population mixing' has been used as a proxy for the range and dose of infectious agents circulating in a community. Given the speculation over the role of population mixing in many chronic diseases, we review the various methods used for measuring population mixing, and provide a classification of these. We recommend that authors fulfill two criteria in publications: measures are demonstrably associated with the putative risk factors for which population-mixing is acting as a proxy and fundamental characteristics of the chosen measures are clearly defined.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 155-160 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Pediatric Blood & Cancer |
| Volume | 51 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Aug 2008 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Keywords
- census
- epidemiology
- infections
- leukemia
- population mixing
- ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC-LEUKEMIA
- NON-HODGKINS-LYMPHOMA
- OCCUPATIONAL CONTACT LEVEL
- CHILDHOOD ACUTE-LEUKEMIA
- INFANT-DEATH-SYNDROME
- DAY-CARE
- INFECTIOUS-DISEASES
- RADIATION WORKERS
- GEOGRAPHICAL-DISTRIBUTION
- INFLUENZAE DISEASE
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