Relative risk reduction is useful metric to standardize effect size for public heath interventions for translational research

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 317-323

  Mirzazadeh, Ali ^a   Malekinejad, Mohsen ^a   Kahn, James G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Effect measures; Hazard ratio; Odds ratio; Relative risk reduction; Risk factor; Risk ratio

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONDOM USE; COUNSELING; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PRACTICE; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; ALGORITHM; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PATHOGENICITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRANSMISSION;

ALGORITHMS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84923457282     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.11.013     Document Type: Article

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