著者

Wen-Chung Lee Yun-Chun Wu

出版者

Japan Epidemiological Association

雑誌

Journal of Epidemiology (ISSN:09175040)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.33, no.8, pp.405-409, 2023-08-05 (Released:2023-08-05)

参考文献数

27

被引用文献数

3

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Background: Identifying which exposures cause disease and quantifying their impacts is essential in promoting and monitoring public health. When multiple exposures are involved, measuring individual contributions becomes challenging.Methods: The authors propose a disease attribution method based on aggregate data or summary statistics of individual-level data, possibly from multiple data sources.Results: Using the proposed method, the burden of disease is apportioned to the independent and interaction effects of each of its major risk factors and all the other factors as a whole. This scheme guarantees that 100% is the total share of the burden.Conclusion: The calculation is simple and straightforward; therefore, it is recommended for use in studies on disease burden.