When not being superior may not be good enough

JAMA

Volumn 298, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 924-925

  Farjah, Farhood ^a   Flum, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LAPAROTOMY; MORBIDITY; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL TRIAL; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; TIME;

CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; PERITONITIS; REOPERATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548062048     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.298.8.924     Document Type: Editorial

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