Pretest expectations strongly influence interpretation of abnormal laboratory results and further management

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Houben, Paul H H ^a   Van Der Weijden, Trudy ^a   Winkens, Bjorn ^a   Winkens, Ron A G ^a,b   Grol, Richard P T M ^a,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77649210684     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-13     Document Type: Article

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