The Evaluation of Clinical Predictions: A Method and Initial Application

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 296, Issue 26, 1977, Pages 1509-1514

  Shapiro, Alan R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER; DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; STATISTICS;

EID: 0017406169     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM197706302962607     Document Type: Article

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