The population attributable fraction and confounding: Buyer beware

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1019-1023

  Williamson, D F ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 77953818052     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2010.02443.x     Document Type: Review

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