Using natural frequencies to improve diagnostic inferences

Academic Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 538-540

  Hoffrage, Ulrich ^a   Gigerenzer, Gerd ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0031777047     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-199805000-00024     Document Type: Article

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