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BDMP. See Birth Defects Monitoring Program
Behavioral changes, subtle, 73-74
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 106
Benzene, 19
Beta probabilities, 21
Biologically effective dose. See Dose
Biologic markers, 17 , 20 , 33 , 51 , 56-58 , 62 , 81-84 .
See also Sampling, personal cost of, 81
validating, 56 , 58 , 82 , 86-87
Biologic Markers in Immunotoxicology , 81
Birth defects. See Congenital anomalies
Birth Defects Monitoring Program, 105 , 108-109 , 163-165
Blood samples. See Sampling, personal
Bootstrap procedure, 141-142
Breathing zone measurements, 38-39
Breath samples. See Sampling, personal
Bronchitis
acute, in children, 70
chronic, 18 , 72
C
Cancer Incidence Reporting System (Canada), 123
Cancers, 15 , 23 , 46 , 68-69 , 80
endometrial carcinoma, 14
hepatic angiosarcoma, 23
laryngeal, 147
leukemia, 19
lung, 22-24 , 73 , 170
mesothelioma, 19
stomach, 14
Carbon monoxide, 39
Cardiac defects, 78
Cardiovascular disease, 6 , 15 , 18
Case-cohort studies, 19 , 148
Case-control studies, 17-19 , 115 , 148 , 176
Case-crossover studies, 148
Case reports, 13
Causality, inferring. See Epidemiology studies
Census data, 15-16
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 126 , 163-164 , 168
Central nervous system (CNS) complications. See Neurologic symptomatology
CERCLA. See Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)
Chemicals
agricultural (See Herbicides; Pesticides)
mixed, 50-51 , 54 , 61-62 , 69
synthetic organic, 7 , 100
volatile organic, 41 , 74
xenobiotic, 50 , 80
Children, susceptibility of, 85
Chlorine gas, 44 , 112
Chromium, 46
Classification errors. See Misclassification
Cleaning products, 39
Clean Water Act, 102
Cleft lip and palate, 164-165
CNS. See Neurologic symptomatology
Coefficients of variation, 83
Cohort studies, 17-18 , 114 , 176 .
See also Case-cohort studies
Complex mixtures. See Chemicals, mixed
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, 116
Confidence bounds, 22
Confidentiality issues, 120-123
Confounding factors, 5-6 , 15-16 , 19 , 22 , 50 , 83 , 120 , 134 , 174
Congenital anomalies, 2 , 78-79 , 162-163 , 167-168
Congenital Malformations Surveillance Report, 168
Consumer products, measuring concentrations of, 38-39
Cox proportional hazard model, 144
Cross-sectional surveys, 19-20 , 114
Croup attacks, 71