Estimating the proportion of disease due to classes of sufficient causes

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 76-83

  Hoffmann, Kurt ^a   Heidemann, Christin ^a   Weikert, Cornelia ^a   Schulze, Matthias B ^a   Boeing, Heiner ^a  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

Author keywords

Models, statistical; Myocardial infarction; Risk factors; Statistics

Indexed keywords

DISEASE;

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART INFARCTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CAUSALITY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; EUROPE; EXERCISE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 29344457647     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwj011     Document Type: Article

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