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Excess Fraction

Excess Fraction is a measure of attributable risk that quantifies the proportion of disease incidence in the exposed population exceeding that in the unexposed population, thereby distinguishing itself from other risk measures by focusing specifically on the excess burden associated with exposure.

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Attributable Fraction

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Use and misuse of population attributable fractions.

Beverly Rockhill, Beth Newman, Clarice R. Weinberg · American Journal of Public Health · 1998 · 1.7K citations · Full text

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Smoking is a major preventable risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis: estimations of risks after various exposures to cigarette smoke

Henrik Källberg, Bo Ding, Leonid Padyukov et al. · Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases · 2010 · 394 citations

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A global assessment of the gender gap in self-reported health with survey data from 59 countries

Ties Boerma, Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor, Emese Verdes et al. · BMC Public Health · 2016 · 274 citations · Full text

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Categorical versus continuous risk factors and the calculation of potential impact fractions

Jan J. Barendregt, Lennert Veerman · Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health · 2009 · 232 citations

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Excess in the pharmaceutical industry

Marcia Angell · Canadian Medical Association Journal · 2004 · 141 citations · Full text

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Authors

169

  1. MM
    Mamoru Mitsuishi

    The University of Tokyo, Japan

    3 publications · 74 citations

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  2. IH
    Ivar Heuch

    University of Bergen, Norway

    3 publications · 136 citations

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  3. KH
    Kenichi Hibino

    National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan

    3 publications · 74 citations

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  4. RN
    Renee N. Carey

    Curtin University, Australia

    2 publications · 31 citations

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  5. GE
    Geir Egil Eide

    University of Bergen, Norway

    2 publications · 111 citations

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Institutions

102

  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    2K citations

  2. National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

    Tsukuba, Japan

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    229 citations

  3. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    4 h-index

    13 publications

    474 citations

  4. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    154 citations

  5. University of Bergen

    Bergen, Norway

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    222 citations

  6. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    344 citations

  7. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    3 h-index

    2 publications

    96 citations

  8. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    188 citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 7 publications · 357 citations

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  2. Statistical Methods in Medical Research

    3 publications · 160 citations

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  3. Applied Optics

    3 publications · 91 citations

    3

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  4. American Journal of Epidemiology

    AJE · 2 publications · 81 citations

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  5. BMC Public Health

    2 publications · 284 citations

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