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Rates, Risks, Measures of Association and Impact

In: Handbook of Epidemiology

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  • Jacques Benichou

    (University of Rouen Medical School and Rouen University Hospital, Department of Biostatistics CHU de Rouen)

  • Mari Palta

    (University of Wisconsin, Departments of Population Health Sciences, and Biostatistics and Medical Informatics)

Abstract

A major aim of epidemiologic research is to measure disease occurrence in relation to various characteristics such as exposure to environmental, occupational, or lifestyle risk factors, genetic traits or other features. In this chapter, various measures will be considered that quantify disease occurrence, associations between disease occurrence and these characteristics as well as their consequences in terms both of disease risk and impact at the population level. As is common practice, the generic term exposure will be used throughout the chapter to denote such characteristics. Emphasis will be placed on measures based on occurrence of new disease cases, referred to as disease incidence. Measures based on disease prevalence, i. e., considering newly occurring and previously existing disease cases as a whole will be considered more briefly.

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  • Jacques Benichou & Mari Palta, 2005. "Rates, Risks, Measures of Association and Impact," Springer Books, in: Wolfgang Ahrens & Iris Pigeot (ed.), Handbook of Epidemiology, chapter 0, pages 89-156, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-540-26577-1_3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-26577-1_3
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