What does it mean when the risk assessment says 4.73 x 10-5?

Langley, Andrew

doi:10.1071/nb03047

NSW Public Health Bull.

2003

DOI: 10.1071/nb03047

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What does it mean when the risk assessment says 4.73 x 10-5?

Andrew Langley¹

Abstract: A number is a number is a number … and yet exactitude should not be confused with accuracy. This article describes some of the philosophical underpinnings of the methods of health risk assessment.

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What does it mean when the risk assessment says 4.73 x 10-5?

Abstract: A number is a number is a number … and yet exactitude should not be confused with accuracy. This article describes some of the philosophical underpinnings of the methods of health risk assessment.

Cited by 2 publications

References 3 publications

Patients do not have a consistent understanding of high risk for future fracture: a qualitative study of patients from a post-fracture secondary prevention program

Patients do not have a consistent understanding of high risk for future fracture: a qualitative study of patients from a post-fracture secondary prevention program

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