[ RadSafe ] Excess relative risk

[Otto G. Raabe]

January 11, 2008

If R=R(0)[1+kD] then the excess relative risk is kD.

Excess relative risk is {R-R(0)}/R(0) = {R(0)[1+kD]-R(0)}/R(0) =kD

Otto


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