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population attributable fraction: a standalone construct

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Epidemiology

the proportion of cases in a population that would not have occurred if a given exposure had been eliminated.

In epidemiology, population attributable fraction refers to the proportion of cases in a population that would not have occurred if a given exposure had been eliminated. This meaning comes from Rockhill (1998) in American Journal of Public Health.[1]

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causation6 fields · 15 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs exposure6 fields · 13 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs population4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

Rockhill, B., Newman, B., & Weinberg, C. (1998). Use and misuse of population attributable fractions. American Journal of Public Health, 88(1), 15-19. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.88.1.15

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