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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-11-01
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Series: | Global Epidemiology |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S259011332100016X |