Improving population attributable fraction methods: Examining smoking-attributable mortality for 87 geographic regions in Canada

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 161, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 787-798

  Tanuseputro, Peter ^a   Manuel, Douglas G ^a,b   Schultz, Susan E ^a   Johansen, Helen ^c   Mustard, Cameron A ^b,d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bias (epidemiology); Effect modifiers (epidemiology); Epidemiologic methods; Mortality; Prevalence; Risk; Smoking

Indexed keywords

SMOKING;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK;

CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 17044371484     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwi093     Document Type: Article

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