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Patients' Interpretation of Qualitative Probability Statements
Kimberley Koons Woloshin, MD;
Mack T. Ruffin IV, MD, MPH;
Daniel W. Gorenflo, PhD
Arch Fam Med. 1994;3(11):961-966.
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