Placing the Bayesian network approach to patient diagnosis in perspective

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 291-294

  Lipsky, Ari M ^a,c   Lewis, Roger J ^a,b  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Box 21 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 13844313220     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.10.006     Document Type: Editorial

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