Against all odds? Improving the understanding of risk reporting

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 62, Issue 596, 2012, Pages

  A'Court, Christine ^a   Stevens, Richard ^a   Heneghan, Carl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; CANCER RISK; COMORBIDITY; COMPREHENSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC GROUP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84857720671     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp12X630223     Document Type: Review

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