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Review of the Hanford Thyroid Disease Study Draft Final Report (2000) / Chapter Skim
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... Ascertainment bias: Systematic error due to a difference in characteristics between those who choose to participate in a study and those who do not. Attenuation': In statistics, a bias in a study in which the estimated strength of an observed dose response tends to be lower than the true dose response.
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Key Terms

  • response tends
  • observed dose
  • systematic error
  • error due
  • estimated strength

  • true dose
  • instantaneous release


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