The extrapolation of attributable risk to new populations
- 1 June 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Statistics in Medicine
- Vol. 7 (6) , 717-725
- https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.4780070609
Abstract
I develop a method for extrapolation of attributable risk estimated from one population, to other populations with a different rate of risk factor exposure and/or rate of outcome. The method uses the relationship between attributable risk and the product moment correlation.Keywords
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