The future excess fraction model for calculating burden of disease
Abstract Background Estimates of the burden of disease caused by a particular agent are used to assist in making policy and prioritizing actions. Most estimations have employed the attributable fraction approach, which estimates the proportion of disease cases or deaths in a specific year which are...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2016-05-01
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Series: | BMC Public Health |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-016-3066-1 |