An evidence based approach to diagnostic testing in emergency medicine

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-8

  Fontanarosa, P B ^a  

^a Division of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0033007669     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8627(05)70043-2     Document Type: Article

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