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etiologic fraction: a standalone construct

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Epidemiology

the share of exposed cases in which exposure was a cause of the disease, distinct from the excess fraction of cases above expected.

In epidemiology, etiologic fraction refers to the share of exposed cases in which exposure was a cause of the disease, distinct from the excess fraction of cases above expected. This meaning comes from Greenland (1988) in American Journal of Epidemiology.[1]

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cause3 fields · 7 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs exposure6 fields · 13 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs share2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs

References

Greenland, S., & Robins, J. M. (1988). Conceptual Problems in the Definition and Interpretation of Attributable Fractions. American Journal of Epidemiology, 128(6), 1185-1197. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115073

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