Clinical decision making: An introduction

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 547-552

  Casazza, Giovanni ^a   Costantino, Giorgio ^b   Duca, Piergiorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

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EID: 78649629156     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-010-0475-5     Document Type: Article

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