Scenario
In the last few years, the number of cases of bacterial infections in the city of Epiland have increased. In parallel, the practice of local fishing on Epiland Lake and the sale of these fish products in the local stores have also increased during this time.
Questions
- If you used information from two different data sources, the number of cases of bacterial infections were obtained from the local health department, while the data regarding the number and types of fish products sold at local stores were obtained from the Epiland Fishing and Wild Game Office. What type of epidemiological study would it be if you used two different types of information to test whether the consumption of fish products from Epiland Lake are associated with a higher risk of bacterial infections?
- List two potential epidemiologic study types that would be suitable if all of the data came from the same source (i.e. one study) and it was used to test whether the consumption of fish products from the Epiland Lake are associated with a higher risk of bacterial infections?