Population attributable fraction in textbooks: Time to revise

Introduction: The population attributable fraction is an important measure for assessing the impact of intervention on the disease risk in populations, but it is frequently misused in the research literature. Methods: In this study, we review the definition, calculation, interpretation and assumptio...

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Main Authors: Ahmad Khosravi, Maryam Nazemipour, Tomohiro Shinozaki, Mohammad Ali Mansournia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-11-01
Series:Global Epidemiology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S259011332100016X