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Attributable risk

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-030738

The rate of a disease in exposed individuals that can be attributed to the exposure. This measure is derived by subtracting the rate (usually incidence or mortality) of the disease among non-exposed persons from the corresponding rate among exposed individuals.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-030738
FieldEnvironment
SubjectHealth and safety
ReferencesRAIS 2004, SRA 2004
See alsoAdditional risk
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-030738",
  "term": "Attributable risk",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Attributable Risk",
  "definition": "The rate of a disease in exposed individuals that can be attributed to the exposure. This measure is derived by subtracting the rate (usually incidence or mortality) of the disease among non-exposed persons from the corresponding rate among exposed individuals.",
  "subject": "Health and safety",
  "see_also": [
    "Additional Risk"
  ],
  "references": [
    "RAIS 2004, SRA 2004"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/attributable-risk/"
}

Record 2,342 of 29,894 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.