Diagnostic test accuracy and clinical decision making

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 149, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 904-906

  Cornell, John E ^a   Mulrow, Cynthia D ^b   Localio, A Russell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROC CURVE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 58049204323     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-149-12-200812160-00011     Document Type: Editorial

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