TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - Relation of probability of causation to relative risk and doubling dose: a methodologic error that has become a social problem
JO  - American journal of public health
A1  - Greenland, Sander
SP  - 1166
EP  - 1169
VL  - 89
IS  - 8
N2  - Epidemiologists, biostatisticians, and health physicists frequently serve as expert consultants to lawyers, courts, and administrators. One of the most common errors committed by experts is to equate, without qualification, the attributable fraction estimated from epidemiologic data to the probability of causation requested by courts and administrators. This error has become so pervasive that it has been incorporated into judicial precedents and legislation. This commentary provides a brief overview of the error and the context in which it arises.
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SN  - 0090-0036
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -