Medical concepts related to individual risk are better explained with "plausibility" rather than "probability"

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Grossi, Enzo ^a  

^a Bracco SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL MEDICINE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NOMENCLATURE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; FUZZY LOGIC; RISK FACTOR;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL MEDICINE; COMMUNICATION; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 26844577173     PISSN: 14712261     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-5-31     Document Type: Article

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