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The extrapolation of attributable risk to new populations
Author(s) -
Ellenberg Jonas H.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
statistics in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.996
H-Index - 183
eISSN - 1097-0258
pISSN - 0277-6715
DOI - 10.1002/sim.4780070609
Subject(s) - extrapolation , attributable risk , statistics , econometrics , computer science , medicine , mathematics , population , environmental health
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.