Does terminal digit preference occur in pathology?

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 975-976

  Hayes, Stephen J ^a  

^a SALFORD ROYAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL;

EID: 49149126919     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2008.057851     Document Type: Letter

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