Interpretation of evidence in data by untrained medical students: A scenario-based study

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Perneger, Thomas V ^b   Courvoisier, Delphine S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPHARMACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; BELGIUM; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; POLYPHARMACY; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77955935589     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-10-78     Document Type: Article

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