The concept of attributable risk in epidemiological practice

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 985-993

  Uter, Wolfgang ^b   Pfahlberg, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attributable risk; Literature review

Indexed keywords

ATTRIBUTABLE RISKS; CASE-CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EXPOSURE FACTORS; HEALTH PARAMETERS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MEDLINE DATABASE; META-ANALYSIS; POINT ESTIMATE;

EID: 0033266724     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-4036(199912)41:8<985::aid-bimj985>3.0.co;2-l     Document Type: Article

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