The number needed to screen - An adaptation of the number needed to treat

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 114-115

  Law, M R ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COLON CANCER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MASS SCREENING;

EID: 0034805659     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jms.8.3.114     Document Type: Editorial

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6. Screening and the number needed to treat