The Challenge

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 263, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 287-290

  Eddy, David M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0025122015     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1990.03440020121046     Document Type: Article

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