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Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 85-

  Elshaug, Adam G ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIA; DRUG COST; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICARE; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SALVAGE THERAPY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY; NOTE; STANDARD;

HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84874589991     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja12.11770     Document Type: Article

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