Why population attributable fractions can sum to more than one

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 243-249

  Rowe, Alexander K ^a,d   Powell, Kenneth E ^b   Flanders, W Dana ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; HYPOTHESIS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; POPULATION RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1542616806     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2003.12.007     Document Type: Article

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