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Simulation study on the validity of the average risk approach in estimating population attributable fractions for continuous exposures

BACKGROUND: The population attributable fraction (PAF) is an important metric for estimating disease burden associated with causal risk factors. In an International Agency for Research on Cancer working group report, an approach was introduced to estimate the PAF using the average of a continuous ex...

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Autores principales: Ruan, Yibing, Walter, Stephen D, Gogna, Priyanka, Friedenreich, Christine M, Brenner, Darren R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8252883/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34210723
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045410