TY - JOUR T1 - Etiologic research: needed revisions of concepts and principles JO - Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health PY - 1999/12VL - 25 IS - 6 SP - 484 EP - 490 AU - Miettinen, OS M3 - doi: 10.5271/sjweh.470 UR - https://www.sjweh.fi/show_abstract.php?abstract_id=470 KW - case-control study KW - cohort study KW - confounding KW - etiologic study KW - matching N2 -

Even though etiologic research has been the central concern in academic epidemiology, its concepts have remained confused or malformed, starting from that of etiology itself; and the same applies to its principles, starting from the notion that the principal variants of an etiologic study are the 'cohort' study and the 'case-control' study. This article suggests revisions of some central concepts pertaining to the object (and objective) of an etiologic study, and it posits an updated conception of the essence - singular - the study itself. This is supplemented by some novel, yet merely orientational, propositions in respect to quality-assurance in etiologic research.

SN - 0355-3140 ER -