Overdiagnosis of disease: A modern epidemic

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 1123-1124

  Hoffman, Jerome R ^a,b   Cooper, Richelle J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; OVERDIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER;

CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84865701445     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.3319     Document Type: Editorial

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