Exercise testing scores as an example of better decisions through science

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1391-1398

  Ashley, Euan ^a   Myers, Jonathan ^a   Froelicher, Victor ^a  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Biostatistics; Clinical medicine; Coronary artery disease; Diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; EXERCISE TEST; HEART DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036323438     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-200208000-00023     Document Type: Article

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