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SUMMARY:Issues and controversies in  life course epidemiology - Bianca De 
 Stavola\, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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CONTACT:Nikolaos Demiris
DESCRIPTION:Life course epidemiology is the study of how factors operating
  prior to conception (including  previous generations)\, in utero\, and du
 ring early and late life jointly influence later disease outcomes\, such a
 s breast cancer or depression. General analytical issues  arise in this co
 ntext because of  associations among the factors of interest.  These are  
 due to common biological and/or social pathways as well as\, for some\, to
  their  intrinsic time ordering.\n\nThe talk will review some of the most 
 common epidemiological settings and data sources for this type of studies 
 and discuss how to analyse temporally and causally related explanatory fac
 tors. Univariate and multivariate models will be compared and issues  of d
 ata quality discussed.
LOCATION:Large Seminar Room\, 1st Floor\, Institute of Public Health\, Uni
 versity Forvie Site\, Robinson Way\, Cambridge
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