Context bias: A problem in diagnostic radiology

JAMA

Volumn 276, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 1752-1755

  Egglin, Thomas K P ^a   Feinstein, Alvan R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0030477077     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.276.21.1752     Document Type: Article

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