Bias in calculation of attributable fractions using relative risks from nonsmokers only

Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 913-916

  Flegal, Katherine M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CALCULATION; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL BIAS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; RISK;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CAUSALITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; OBESITY; RISK; SMOKING;

EID: 84927909506     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000181     Document Type: Article

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