Tips for learners of evidence-based medicine: 2. Measures of precision (confidence intervals)

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 171, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 611-615

  Montori, Victor M ^a   Kleinbart, Jennifer ^b   Newman, Thomas B ^c   Keitz, Sheri ^d   Wyer, Peter C ^e,h   Moyer, Virginia ^f   Guyatt, Gordon ^g  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Columbia Univ Coll of Phys/Surgs ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^g MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 4644262033     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.1031667     Document Type: Review

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