overall risk
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoverallandrisk
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overall
adverb[before noun]
adjective
uk/ˌəʊ.vəˈrɔːl/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈɑːl/
in general rather than in particular, or including all the people or things in a particular group ...
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risk
noun
uk/rɪsk/us/rɪsk/
the possibility of something ...
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(Definition ofoverallandriskfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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No gender differences were found inoverallriskscores.
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Risk factors were summed, resulting in anoverallriskscore for each subject.
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The irrationality argument is that the redistribution of resources across sectors may reduceoverallrisk.
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This would decrease theoverallriskto which living donors are exposed.
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In addition, we examine whether the components ofoverallrisk-adjusted performance (risk, returns, and expenses) are related.
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Anoverallriskindex was created by counting the total number of family, economic, and community risk factors.
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Methodologically, they provide ways of measuring those different types of risk and assessing their relative importance inoverallrisk.
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In considering the interactive trends we found here, it is critical to clarify that overall, high developmental status does not connote heightenedoverallrisk.
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While genetic factors impact onoverallriskfor substance use, we know little about whether the etiological importance of these factors differs across birth cohorts.
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In addition, within these settings, social processes such as normative influences or changes in setting rules onoverallriskcan be considered.
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They concluded that there was a modest increase in the risk of bleeding, but that theoverallriskof bleeding is still small.
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The dose-dependent risks posed by the infusion were consequently viewed as small; with anoverallriskof haemorrhage of 5%.
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Intuitively, it seems plausible to argue that the risk specific to an individual is likely to vary with theoverallriskpresent in the aggregate economy.
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It partly offsets the decrease in risk associated with fewer births among high parity/maternal age women and lessens the extent of decline inoverallrisk.
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However, medicine and psychiatry have many examples in which genes not only influenceoverallriskof illness, but also modulate the pathogenic impact of environmental stressors.
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That report includes analysis of theoverallriskby world region of origin.
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Insurance companies live with that; it is theoverallriskthat they take into account.
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But we also need anoverallriskassessment to proceed sensibly.
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One needs to look at theoverallriskfrom all technologies.
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Consequently, improvement in girls' and women's health status may have been limited so that the component of childbearing risk associated with poor health remains high, attenuating declines inoverallrisk.
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Sourcing food for the home as raw products, as opposed to consuming pre-cooked foods or eating food away from the home, appears to reduce theoverallriskof food poisoning.
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The prevention and control of infection is part of theoverallriskmanagement within the health care environment.
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This includes allocating resources to those traders with the greatest tax throughput to protect theoverallriskto the revenue.
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