Much ado about doing nothing

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 270-271

  Reilly, Brendan M ^a,c   Evans, Arthur T ^b,d  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Division of Medical Toxicology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 60849121433     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-150-4-200902170-00008     Document Type: Editorial

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