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Population Attributable Risk of Modifiable and Nonmodifiable Breast Cancer Risk Factors in Postmenopausal Breast Cancer.
American journal of epidemiology - 15 Dec 2016
Tamimi Rulla M, Spiegelman Donna, Smith-Warner Stephanie A, Wang Molin, Pazaris Mathew, Willett Walter C, Eliassen A Heather, Hunter David J
Abstract excerpt
We examined the proportions of multiple types of breast cancers in the population that were attributable to established risk factors, focusing on behaviors that are modifiable at menopause. We estimated the full and partial population attributable risk percentages (PAR%) by combining the relative risks and the observed prevalence rates of the risk factors of interest. A total of 8,421 cases of invasive breast...
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