在基于废水的流行病学中报告人口规模:一个范围审查
Mackay Price1, Bradley S Simpson2, Benjamin J Tscharke3
1School of Environment, University of Auckland, 23 Symonds Street, Auckland 1010, New Zealand.
The Science of the total environment
|September 7, 2024
概括
准确的人口数据对于基于废水的流行病学至关重要. 这次审查发现,许多WBE研究缺乏对人口规模,数据源,计算方法和不确定性的全面报告,影响数据解释.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 基于废水的流行病学 (WBE) 依赖于准确的人口数据进行趋势分析.
- 由于人口动态,估计废水流域的种群规模是复杂的.
- 人口数据方法显著影响人口规范化废水数据 (PNWD) 的解释.
研究的目的:
- 系统地审查WBE研究中的人口数据报告.
- 评估339项WBE研究中报告的人口数据的全面性.
- 识别差距,并推WBE人口数据的标准化报告标准.
主要方法:
- 对339项WBE研究的系统文献综述.
- 基于报告人口规模,数据源,计算方法和不确定性的研究评估.
- 分析过去十年报告的一致性.
主要成果:
- 96%的研究报告了人口规模,60%报告了数据来源.
- 只有50%的人报告数据不确定性,28%的人报告了详细的计算方法.
- 只有19%的研究报告了所有四个关键的人口数据组件.
结论:
- 人口数据的不一致和不完整的报告在WBE研究中很普遍.
- 需要标准化的报告标准来提高PNWD的准确性和可比性.
- 清晰的人口数据报告对于WBE的主流化和应用至关重要.
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