Identifying the PECO: A framework for formulating good questions to explore the association of environmental and other exposures with health outcomes

Environment International

Volumn 121, Issue , 2018, Pages 1027-1031

  Morgan, Rebecca L ^a   Whaley, Paul ^b   Thayer, Kristina A ^c   Schünemann, Holger J ^a,d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); POLICY; POPULATION EXPOSURE COMPARATOR AND OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 85051624486     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2018.07.015     Document Type: Note

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