Reliability block diagrams to model the management of colorectal cancer

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 314-321

  Sonnenberg, Amnon ^a,b   Inadomi, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Medical decision analysis; Outcome research; Reliability block diagram; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; COLORECTAL CANCER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0032936161     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026602400858     Document Type: Article

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