Medical concepts related to individual risk are better explained with "plausibility" rather than "probability"
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The concept of risk has pervaded medical literature in the last decades and has become a familiar topic, and the concept of probability, linked to binary logic approach, is commonly applied in epidemiology and clinical medicine. The...
Main Author: | Grossi Enzo |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2005-09-01
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Series: | BMC Cardiovascular Disorders |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2261/5/31 |
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