Describe any confounders that you think may be of interest, and this should include what you know about how environmental justice (EJ) issues.
e live in an industrialized world and there remains significant concern about environmental exposures and public health. One of the key components of environmental epidemiology is exposure assessment. Describe an idealized study design that allows you to both assess the level of exposure to an important environmental pollutant and conduct an epidemiological investigation of the general public for a specific disease in the following scenario
Scenario: Air pollution from coal fire station and lung cancer
Explain the choice of epidemiological study design needed to conduct the investigation. If your study includes control groups describe them. How would you measure exposure and give examples of what you would measure. This should include both measures of the environment and biological measures (biomarkers). Indicate how you would collect the samples and how many collections would occur. Give a list of several potential toxins of concern in the scenario. It is difficult to measure every possible exposure ie measure all types of air pollutants from this source – so choose up to three toxins/pollutants to measure – what are the basis for your choices. Describe the age range you would be interested in studying and why. Describe any confounders that you think maybe of interest, and this should include what you know about how environmental justice (EJ) issues. Describe how issues around EJ may modify the observation(s) of the study. The study should not focus on occupational events, bur rather on populations near the coal burning station.