How to limit clinical errors in interpretation of data

Lancet

Volumn 352, Issue 9139, 1998, Pages 1539-1543

  Wright, Patricia ^a   Jansen, Carel ^c   Wyatt, Jeremy C ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; DATA ANALYSIS; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEMORY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; VISION;

EID: 0032494726     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)08308-1     Document Type: Review

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