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Editorial

The relative weak way and the absolute strong way to communicate risk information

Patrick O. Perchea Department of Dermatology, Center for Dermatology Research, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Madison K. Cookb Department of Pathology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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Steven R. Feldmana Department of Dermatology, Center for Dermatology Research, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA;b Department of Pathology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA;c Department of Social Sciences & Health Policy, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0090-6289
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Pages 1205-1207 | Published online: 07 Jun 2022

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