The phrase "abstract risk" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing theoretical or conceptual risks that are not tied to specific situations or events.
Example: "Investors often consider abstract risk when evaluating the potential volatility of a new market."
Alternatives: "theoretical risk" or "conceptual risk".
This is not an abstract risk.
Antibiotic resistance is no longer an abstract risk: this is now a war.
Working with Dr. Lisa M. Schwartz of the Veterans Affairs group and Dr. H. Gilbert Welch of Dartmouth Medical School, Dr. Woloshin decided to make the abstract risk estimates as concrete as possible.
The problem isn't so much US citizens downloading the plans, but the somewhat abstract risk of sanctioned groups, or those affected by export bans, downloading the plans and printing armaments.
It's information -– and as alarming as that information may be, risk perception is not just about the facts but how those facts feel, and an abstract risk usually doesn't trigger as much concern as something we've actually been threatened by, or suffered from, in the past.
The court said that an "abstract risk of abuse" wasn't enough to hold someone liable for copyright infringement.
This can boost your confidence and make abstract risks and fears seem more manageable.
Review methods Both authors independently abstracted risk estimates and study characteristics.
To summarise the effects of acupuncture on outcomes (response rate), we will abstract the risk estimates (relative risk, RR) and 95% CIs.
To summarise the effects of a GMDZ decoction on outcomes (response rate), we will abstract the risk estimates (RR), and 95% CIs using Review Manager V.5.0 for Windows (Cochrane Collaboration's software).
Irritating, yet minor, adverse effects (e.g. hypokalemia associated with diuretics, headaches) are less acceptable for intervention in healthy populations, who are not 'diagnosed' with clear and imminent 'disease', but rather are approached to undergo an intervention on the basis of a conceptually abstract 'epidemiologic risk profile'.
