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  • Risk

Risk(Topical Term)

Preferred form: Risk
Used for/see from:
  • Relative Risk
  • n: Relative Risks
  • n: Risk, Relative
  • n: Risks
  • n: Risks, Relative

IM GEN only; for risk as a statis concept; note other risk terms in MeSH

The probability that an event will occur. It encompasses a variety of measures of the probability of a generally unfavorable outcome.

88(75); was see under PROBABILITY 1973-87

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