Ecological epidemiology

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-003549",
  "term": "Ecological epidemiology",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "The use of epidemiological methods on nonhuman populations, such as fish or wildlife at contaminated sites, to identify the causes of observed adverse effects and to measure how frequent and widespread they are. It is mainly retrospective, starting from observed damage and working back to the exposures responsible, as in retrospective ecological risk assessment.",
  "subject": "Chemistry and Human Health",
  "see_also": [
    "retrospective risk assessment"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2009, 81, 829. 'Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)' on page 872 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-08-07-09)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/ecological-epidemiology/"
}