Absolutely relative: How research results are summarized can affect treatment decisions

The American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 121-124

  Forrow, Lachlan ^a,b   Taylor, William C ^a   Arnold, Robert M ^c  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Division of General Internal Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; THERAPEUTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0026593525     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9343(92)90100-P     Document Type: Article

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