Which of the following are the adverse consequences of using a screening test that has a low specificity?
A) Unnecessarily subjecting people to potential risks associated with diagnostic procedures, overreferral of persons without disease for diagnosis, and increasing the number of persons who are classified as abnormal
B) Increasing the number of persons who are classified as abnormal and unnecessarily subjecting people to potential risks associated with diagnostic procedures
C) Overreferral of persons without disease for diagnosis and failure to identify persons who have the condition
D) Failure to identify persons who have the condition
E) Failure to identify persons who have the condition, increasing the number of persons who are classified as abnormal, overreferral of persons without disease for diagnosis, and unnecessarily subjecting people to potential risks associated with diagnostic procedures
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