Woloshin, Steve. <br/><br/>
Know your chances :  understanding health statistics / 
Steven Woloshin, Lisa M. Schwartz, and H. Gilbert Welch. 
 - Berkeley :  University of California Press,  c2008. 
 - 142 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-137) and index. 
<br/><br/>Understanding risk -- Putting risk in perspective -- Risk charts : a way to get perspective -- Judging the benefit of a health intervention -- Not all benefits are equal : understand the outcome -- Consider the downsides -- Do the benefits outweigh the downsides? -- Beware of exaggerated importance -- Beware of exaggerated certainty -- Who's behind the numbers? 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780520252226 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0520252225 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008026119 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Health risk assessment--Popular works.<br/>Medical statistics--Popular works.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RA427.3  / .W65 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>614.4/2