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01-10-2014 | Letter to the Editor

Response to the letter to the editor by Latza et al.: Indirect evaluation of attributable fractions for psychosocial work exposures: a difficult research area

Authors: Isabelle Niedhammer, Hélène Sultan-Taïeb, Jean-François Chastang, Greet Vermeylen, Agnès Parent-Thirion

Published in: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health | Issue 7/2014

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We thank very much our colleagues from BAuA, Drs Backé, Burr and Latza, for their detailed and useful commentary on our paper entitled ‘Fractions of cardiovascular diseases and mental disorders attributable to psychosocial work factors in 31 countries in Europe’ (Niedhammer et al. 2013). The objectives of this paper were to evaluate the fractions of cardiovascular diseases and mental disorders attributable to various psychosocial work exposures in Europe and to compare the results across 31 countries. Backé et al. put our study in perspective in the difficult research area of indirect evaluation of attributable fractions (AFs), in which all the calculations rely heavily on the available data from the literature. We agree with most of the comments underlined by Backé et al. and we would like to add our own comments to the discussion. …

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Title: Response to the letter to the editor by Latza et al.: Indirect evaluation of attributable fractions for psychosocial work exposures: a difficult research area
Authors: Isabelle Niedhammer
Hélène Sultan-Taïeb
Jean-François Chastang
Greet Vermeylen
Agnès Parent-Thirion
Publication date: 01-10-2014
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health / Issue 7/2014
Print ISSN: 0340-0131
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1246
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-013-0920-7

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