Time to retire the 1-in-x risk format

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 703-704

  Zikmund Fisher, Brian J ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Health Behavior and Health Education ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; RISK;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; RISK;

EID: 80052856692     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X11418238     Document Type: Editorial

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