What Does the Population Attributable Fraction Mean?

Recent controversy over the disagreement of population attributable fraction estimates for the obesity–total mortality relation has made the concept of attributable fraction visible in both scientific and popular news. Most of the attention in writings on the attributable fraction has focused on tec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beverly Levine, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-01-01
Series:Preventing Chronic Disease
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Online Access:http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2007/jan/06_0091.htm