Journal article
PREVENTION FOR MULTIFACTORIAL DISEASES
Abstract
This paper addresses the question of choosing between alternative preventive strategies for diseases with several risk factors. Estimates are obtained of the reduction in cases to be anticipated following a modification of the population exposure to one or several of these hazards. In practice, such estimates must often be made without knowledge of the joint distribution of exposure to risk, and so general conditions are established under which …
Authors
WALTER SD
Journal
American Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 112, No. 3, pp. 409–416
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
September 1, 1980
DOI
10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a113007
ISSN
0002-9262