Population attributable fraction: planning of diseases prevention actions in Brazil

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 50, Issue , 2016, Pages

  de Rezende, Leandro Fórnias Machado ^a   Eluf Neto, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Attributable risk; Epidemiologic studies; Exposure; Measures of association; Primary prevention; Risk or outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; POPULATION ATTRIBUTABLE FRACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL BIAS; TRENDS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BRAZIL; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85020321581     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1518-8787.2016050006269     Document Type: Article

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