The nomogram epidemic: Resurgence of a medical relic

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 273-275

  Grimes, David A ^a  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CALCULATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL MEDICINE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EPIDEMIC; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; NOMOGRAM; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICROCOMPUTER; NOMENCLATURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICROCOMPUTERS; NOMOGRAMS; SOFTWARE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 49849083711     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-149-4-200808190-00010     Document Type: Short Survey

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