Predictive ability of an early diagnostic guess in patients presenting with chest pain; A longitudinal descriptive study

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Verdon, François ^a   Junod, Michel ^a   Herzig, Lilli ^a   Vaucher, Paul ^a   Burnand, Bernard ^b   Bischoff, Thomas ^a   Pécoud, Alain ^c   Favrat, Bernard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SWITZERLAND; THORAX PAIN; VALIDATION STUDY;

CHEST PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 77649314751     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-14     Document Type: Article

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