The drawback to diagnostic diligence;De keerzijde van diagnostische ijver

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 142, Issue 40, 1998, Pages 2187-2191

  Giard, R W M ^a,b   Coebergh, J W W ^a  

^a Afd Klinische Pathologie   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE;

COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 0032480560     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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