A multifactorial variant of the attributable risk for groups of exposure variables

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 461-481

  Land, Matthias ^a   Vogel, Christine ^a   Gefeller, Olaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attributable fraction; Attributable risk; Epidemiology; Multifactorial methods; Multifactorial risk attribution; Multiple exposure

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISKS;

ATTRIBUTABLE FRACTION; ATTRIBUTABLE RISKS; INTENSIVE RESEARCH; MULTIFACTORIAL APPROACH; MULTIFACTORIAL METHOD; MULTIFACTORIAL RISK ATTRIBUTION; MULTIPLE EXPOSURE; RESEARCH ACTIVITIES; RISK FACTORS; RISK PARAMETER;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0035601719     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4036(200108)43:4<461::AID-BIMJ461>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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