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The Law of Diminishing Returns in Clinical Medicine: How Much Risk Reduction is Enough?

James W. Mold, Robert M. Hamm and Laine H. McCarthy
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2010, 23 (3) 371-375; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2010.03.090178
James W. Mold
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vol. 23 no. 3 371-375
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2010.03.090178
PubMed 
20453183

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1557-2625
Online ISSN 
1558-7118
History 
  • Received for publication July 15, 2009
  • Revision received September 1, 2009
  • Accepted for publication September 18, 2009
  • Published online May 7, 2010.

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  1. James W. Mold, MD, MPH,
  2. Robert M. Hamm, PhD and
  3. Laine H. McCarthy, MLIS
  1. From the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City
  1. Corresponding author: James W. Mold, MD, MPH, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 900 NE 10th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73104 (E-mail: james-mold{at}ouhsc.edu)
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2010, 23 (3) 371-375; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2010.03.090178

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