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Although an evidence-based approach must combine all forms of scientific evidence, in this section we limit our discussion to the problem of synthesizing the information from multiple human studies. Prepublication Copy – Uncorrected Proof 8-1
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After specifying a prior probability over this function, updating from a new sample of 400 veterans who were exposed to twice the usual level of benzene and who have a relative risk of 1.8 for leukemia is fairly Prepublication Copy – Uncorrected Proof
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In addition, the possibility of a very small elevation in risk at the levels of exposure studied can never be excluded. Prepublication Copy – Uncorrected Proof
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