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Understanding Risk: What Do Those Headlines Really Mean?

Description

Publication Year: 2006
Language: English
Website: http://www.nia.nih.gov/HealthInformation/Publications/risk.htm

This publication explains how medical research studies are conducted and how they explain the results. It talks about how to interpret and understand the results in a way that will help you make informed decisions about your health care.

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Bethesda MD 20892

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