Diagnosis in general practice: Clinical prediction rules

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7717, 2009, Pages 402-403

  Falk, Gavin ^b   Fahey, Tom ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 69449101981     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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