Clinical prediction rules: A review and suggested modifications of methodological standards

JAMA

Volumn 277, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 488-494

  Laupacis, Andreas ^a,b,c   Sekar, Nandita ^a   Stiell, Ian G ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031017667     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.277.6.488     Document Type: Article

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