Clinical Judgment and Computers

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 303, Issue 4, 1980, Pages 192-197

  Blois, Marsden S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICS;

COMPUTERS; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICS;

EID: 0019331893     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198007243030405     Document Type: Article

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