Conceptual problems in the definition and interpretation of attributable fractions

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 1988, Pages 1185-1197

  Greenland, Sander ^a   Robins, James M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; LONGEVITY; RISK;

EID: 0024229198     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115073     Document Type: Review

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