Estimating uncertainty of alcohol-attributable fractions for infectious and chronic diseases

• Published in: Bmc Medical Research Methodology, vol. 11, p. -
• Publication date: 2011

Background: Alcohol is a major risk factor for burden of disease and injuries globally. This paper presents a systematic method to compute the 95% confidence intervals of alcohol-attributable fractions (AAFs) with exposure and risk relations stemming from different sources.

Keywords: Heart-Disease ; Global Burden ; Risk-Factor ; Consumption ; Metaanalysis ; Drinking ; Mortality

Reference

• EPFL-ARTICLE-171466
• doi:10.1186/1471-2288-11-48
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