Issues With Incorrect Computing of Population Attributable Fraction (Paf) in a Global Perspective on Coal-Fired Power Plants and Burden of Lung Cancer

Issues With Incorrect Computing of Population Attributable Fraction (Paf) in a Global Perspective on Coal-Fired Power Plants and Burden of Lung Cancer Publisher Pubmed

Khosravi A¹ ; Mansournia MA²

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1. Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran
2. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Source: Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source Published:2019

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All observational studies are liable to confounding and Levin's formula becomes useless in practice for unbiasedly estimating PAF. With respect to causal interpretation of PAF in public health setting, unbiased estimation of PAF requires several assumptions which are ignored in practice. We recommend using Miettinen PAF formula with careful consideration about possibility of bias in study design and analysis. © 2019 The Author(s).

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MLA	Khosravi A, Mansournia MA. "Issues With Incorrect Computing of Population Attributable Fraction (Paf) in a Global Perspective on Coal-Fired Power Plants and Burden of Lung Cancer." Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source, vol. 18, no. 1, 2019, pp. -.
APA	Khosravi A, Mansournia MA (2019). Issues With Incorrect Computing of Population Attributable Fraction (Paf) in a Global Perspective on Coal-Fired Power Plants and Burden of Lung Cancer. Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source, 18(1), -.
Chicago	Khosravi A, Mansournia MA. "Issues With Incorrect Computing of Population Attributable Fraction (Paf) in a Global Perspective on Coal-Fired Power Plants and Burden of Lung Cancer." Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source 18, no. 1 (2019): -.
Harvard	Khosravi A, Mansournia MA (2019) 'Issues With Incorrect Computing of Population Attributable Fraction (Paf) in a Global Perspective on Coal-Fired Power Plants and Burden of Lung Cancer', Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source, 18(1), pp. -.
Vancouver	Khosravi A, Mansournia MA. Issues With Incorrect Computing of Population Attributable Fraction (Paf) in a Global Perspective on Coal-Fired Power Plants and Burden of Lung Cancer. Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source. 2019;18(1):-.
BibTex	@article{ author = {Khosravi A and Mansournia MA}, title = {Issues With Incorrect Computing of Population Attributable Fraction (Paf) in a Global Perspective on Coal-Fired Power Plants and Burden of Lung Cancer}, journal = {Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source}, volume = {18}, number = {1}, pages = {-}, year = {2019} }
RIS	TY - JOUR AU - Khosravi A AU - Mansournia MA TI - Issues With Incorrect Computing of Population Attributable Fraction (Paf) in a Global Perspective on Coal-Fired Power Plants and Burden of Lung Cancer JO - Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source VL - 18 IS - 1 SP - EP - PY - 2019 ER -

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