Methodologic standards for the development of clinical decision rules in emergency medicine

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 437-447

  Stiell, I G ^a   Wells, G A ^a  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0032920956     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(99)70309-4     Document Type: Article

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