A method for partitioning the attributable fraction of multiple time-dependent coexisting risk factors for an adverse health outcome

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 177-182

  Lin, Haiqun ^a,c   Allore, Heather G ^b   Gail McAvay, ^b   Tinetti, Mary E ^a   Gill, Thomas M ^a   Gross, Cary P ^b   Murphy, Terrence E ^b  

^a Department of Epidemiology and Public Health ^*  (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c not available   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84872535602     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300458     Document Type: Article

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