Journal article
EFFECTS OF INTERACTION, CONFOUNDING AND OBSERVATIONAL ERROR ON ATTRIBUTABLE RISK ESTIMATION1
Abstract
The properties of attributable risk are discussed for situations in which there are several risk factors that are possibly interacting or confounded. Conditions are identified when the attributable risk among the exposed is constant, when the marginal attributable risk estimate is valid, and when the public health effects of separate risks are additive. Such conditions reflect, in various ways, the interaction and confounding of the different …
Authors
WALTER SD
Journal
American Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 117, No. 5, pp. 598–604
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
May 1, 1983
DOI
10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a113582
ISSN
0002-9262