Towards evidence-based diagnosis in developing countries: The use of likelihood ratios for robust quick diagnosis

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 211-215

  Soltani, Akbar ^a   Moayyeri, Alireza ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SAUDI ARABIA; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33746038545     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2006.211     Document Type: Short Survey

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