Trial by media: dangers of misinterpretation of medical statistics

Lancet

Volumn 367, Issue 9517, 2006, Pages 1139-1140

  Wright, John ^a   Bradley, Chris ^a   Sheldon, Trevor ^b   Lilford, Richard ^c  

^a BRADFORD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION CENTER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LETTER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELEVISION; UNITED KINGDOM;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TELEVISION;

EID: 33646009685     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68497-3     Document Type: Letter

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