Users' guides to the surgical literature: How to use an article about a diagnostic test

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-23

  Archibald, S ^a   Bhandari, M ^a   Thoma, A ^a   Tandan, V ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; THYROID NODULE;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MEDLINE; PERIODICALS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 0035109847     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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