Physician numeracy as the basis for an evidence-Based medicine curriculum

Academic Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1794-1799

  Rao, Goutham ^a   Kanter, Steven L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 78649325189     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181e7218c     Document Type: Article

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