Applications of the concept of attributable fraction in medical genetics.

doi:10.1002/ajmg.1320400211

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Applications of the concept of attributable fraction in medical genetics.

American journal of medical genetics - 1 Aug 1991

Khoury M J, Beaty T H, Cohen B H

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Attributable fraction, the fraction of cases of a disease in a population attributed to a particular risk factor, is a useful measure in the design and interpretation of epidemiologic studies of disease etiology. We review here the applications of the concept of attributable fraction in medical g...

Topics

Alleles
Breast Neoplasms
Congenital Abnormalities
Disease Susceptibility
Down Syndrome
Environment
Female
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Genetics, Medical
Humans
Male
Mutation
Risk Factors

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