Evidence-based diagnosis and clinical decision making

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-10

  Mileman, P A ^a   Van Den Hout, W B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision making; Diagnosis; Evidence based medicine; Radiography; State of the art review

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; DECISION MAKING; DECISION TREES; DIAGNOSIS, ORAL; EVIDENCE-BASED DENTISTRY; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 58249131374     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/dmfr/18200441     Document Type: Review

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