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Modeling Outputs Can Be Valuable When Uncertainty Is Appropriately Acknowledged, but Misleading When Not

Steve Hodgins
Global Health: Science and Practice December 2017, 5(4):530-533; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-17-00444
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vol. 5 no. 4 530-533
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https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-17-00444
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29284692

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Global Health: Science and Practice
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2169-575X
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  • Published online December 28, 2017.

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  1. aEditor-in-Chief, Global Health: Science and Practice, and Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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