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. 1998 Jan;88(1):15–19. doi: 10.2105/ajph.88.1.15

Use and misuse of population attributable fractions.

B Rockhill 1, B Newman 1, C Weinberg 1
PMCID: PMC1508384  PMID: 9584027

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