How numeracy influences risk comprehension and medical decision making.

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Published in Psychol Bull on November 01, 2009

Authors

Valerie F Reyna1, Wendy L Nelson, Paul K Han, Nathan F Dieckmann

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Human Development, Cornell University, B44 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. vr53@cornell.edu

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