Estimating attributable fractions: Principles and applications

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 145-146

  Schottenfeld, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AIR POLLUTION; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; NEOPLASM; NOTE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUMOR VOLUME; UNITED STATES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84923299536     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2014.11.017     Document Type: Note

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