attributable fraction
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Related to attributable fraction: Population Attributable Risk, Attributable risk
attributable fraction
The percentage of instances of an illness that can be accounted for by a particular risk factor. For example, people exposed to asbestos have a certain risk of developing lung cancer, and if they also smoke tobacco, they are also at risk from that factor. These risks may be estimated from cohort studies.
Synonym: additional risk; attributable riskSee also: fraction
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