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residual risk
re·sid·u·al risk
Definitions related to residual risk:
  • In assessing the risk of re-identifying a trial participant, the risk that remains after controls are taken into account (the net risk or after controls).
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • Risk that remains after risk control measures have been taken.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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