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Population attributable fraction guides policymakers in planning public health interventions. Population attributable fraction (PAF), population attributable risk proportion, and population attributable risk percent are all the same as PAR.
As a hypothetical example, if all the radon in a community were removed, and everything else were left unchanged, the number of lung cancer cases would decrease. This decrease is the population attributable risk for lung cancer from radon.
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