On the relations between excess fraction, attributable fraction, and etiologic fraction

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 175, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 567-575

  Suzuki, Etsuji ^a   Yamamoto, Eiji ^b   Tsuda, Toshihide ^c  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

causal inference; monotonicity; potential outcomes; sufficient causes

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; LITERATURE REVIEW;

ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE FRACTION; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; DATA ANALYSIS; ETIOLOGIC FRACTION; EXCESS FRACTION; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CAUSALITY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84858387302     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr333     Document Type: Article

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