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prevented fraction: a standalone construct

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preventedfraction1 CONSTRUCTPrevented fractionMIETTINEN · EPIDEMIOLOGY

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Epidemiology

the proportion of the disease that would have occurred without a protective exposure or intervention but was prevented by it.

In epidemiology, prevented fraction refers to the proportion of the disease that would have occurred without a protective exposure or intervention but was prevented by it. This meaning comes from Miettinen (1974) in American Journal of Epidemiology.[1]

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exposure6 fields · 13 citationsjingle · one name, six constructsproportion1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct

References

  1. Miettinen, O. S. (1974). Proportion of Disease Caused or Prevented by a Given Exposure, Trait or Intervention1. American Journal of Epidemiology, 99(5), 325-332. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a121617

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