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What does it mean when the risk assessment says 4.73 x 10? Volume 14 Issue 8

Andrew Langley

New South Wales Public Health Bulletin 14(8) 166 - 167 Published: 01 August 2003

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Andrew Langley

Abstract

A number is a number is a number … and yet exactitude should not be confused with accuracy. This article describes some of the philosophical underpinnings of the methods of health risk assessment.