Imperial College London
Dr Lesley Rushton

DrLesleyRushton

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Emeritus Reader of Occupational Epidemiology
 
 
 
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Medical SchoolSt Mary's Campus

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Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Shield:2016:10.1007/s40471-016-0085-5,
author = {Shield, KD and Parkin, DM and Whiteman, DC and Rehm, J and Viallon, V and Micallef, CM and Vineis, P and Rushton, L and Bray, F and Soerjomataram, I},
doi = {10.1007/s40471-016-0085-5},
journal = {Current Epidemiology Reports},
pages = {201--211},
title = {Population Attributable and Preventable Fractions: Cancer Risk Factor Surveillance, and Cancer Policy Projection},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40471-016-0085-5},
volume = {3},
year = {2016}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - The proportions of new cancer cases and deaths that are caused by exposure to risk factors and that could be prevented are key statistics for public health policy and planning. This paper summarizes the methodologies for estimating, challenges in the analysis of, and utility of, population attributable and preventable fractions for cancers caused by major risk factors such as tobacco smoking, dietary factors, high body fat, physical inactivity, alcohol consumption, infectious agents, occupational exposure, air pollution, sun exposure, and insufficient breastfeeding. For population attributable and preventable fractions, evidence of a causal relationship between a risk factor and cancer, outcome (such as incidence and mortality), exposure distribution, relative risk, theoretical-minimum-risk, and counterfactual scenarios need to be clearly defined and congruent. Despite limitations of the methodology and the data used for estimations, the population attributable and preventable fractions are a useful tool for public health policy and planning.
AU  - Shield,KD
AU  - Parkin,DM
AU  - Whiteman,DC
AU  - Rehm,J
AU  - Viallon,V
AU  - Micallef,CM
AU  - Vineis,P
AU  - Rushton,L
AU  - Bray,F
AU  - Soerjomataram,I
DO  - 10.1007/s40471-016-0085-5
EP  - 211
PY  - 2016///
SN  - 2196-2995
SP  - 201
TI  - Population Attributable and Preventable Fractions: Cancer Risk Factor Surveillance, and Cancer Policy Projection
T2  - Current Epidemiology Reports
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40471-016-0085-5
VL  - 3
ER  -
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