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COMBINING OVERVIEW
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Try these exercises to be sure you understand the concept of combining sets:

Scenario 1:
One of your patients tells you that she's heard that taking vitamin e every day may help prevent breast cancer. You'd like to find out what's in the literature before you make any recommendations to your patient.

How would you combine these concepts together using the Boolean AND and OR?

(Click on the green question mark above the set(s) you would choose.)

Option A:
Option B:
Set #1: vitamin e
Set #2: breast neoplasms
1 AND 2
Set #1: vitamin e
Set #2: breast neoplasms
1 OR 2