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Descriptor English: Attributable Risk
Descriptor Spanish: Riesgo Atribuible
Descriptor riesgo atribuible
Entry term(s) riesgo atribuible poblacional
Scope note: Proporción de casos de enfermedad, lesiones o muerte que puede ser atribuida a la exposición al factor en estudio.
Descriptor Portuguese: Risco Atribuível
Descriptor French: Risque attribuable
Entry term(s): Populational Attributable Risk
Tree number(s): SP5.467.801
Scope note: 1) Proportion of cases of illness, injury or death that may be attributed to exposure to the factor under study. 2) A measure of impact, based on the concept that inequality could be eliminated by all subgroups improving to the same level of health as the most advantaged or the best performing subgroup. Population attributable risk is a useful measure to show progress towards Universal Health Coverage. (From: http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1001727)
Allowable Qualifiers: SN statistics & numerical data
History Note: 2019
DeCS ID: 28422
Unique ID: DDCS028422
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Attributable Risk - Preferred
Concept UI FD00060262
Scope note 1) Proportion of cases of illness, injury or death that may be attributed to exposure to the factor under study. 2) A measure of impact, based on the concept that inequality could be eliminated by all subgroups improving to the same level of health as the most advantaged or the best performing subgroup. Population attributable risk is a useful measure to show progress towards Universal Health Coverage. (From: http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1001727)
Preferred term Attributable Risk
Entry term(s) Populational Attributable Risk



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