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Epidemiology and Definition of Relative Risk

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Describe when and why you would use relative risk. Justify your rationale.

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This solution defines relative risk and explains how it is used with an experimental and control group. It also provides the equation to calculate relative risk and references used.

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Relative risk is a statistic that tells the probability of an event occurring in an exposed group compared to a non-exposed group. For example, the relative risk can be used to show the probability of lung cancer occurring in smokers compared to non-smokers. Relative Risk can also be used to predict the probability of a disease happening. ...

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