The meaning of normal

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 68-77

  Davis, Phillip V ^a   Bradley, John G ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ECONOMICS; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; THYROID CANCER;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURE; DISEASE; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PHYSICIANS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; REFERENCE VALUES; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0030730180     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.1996.0001     Document Type: Article

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