Investigation momentum: The relentless pursuit to resolve uncertainty

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 930-932

  Sah, Sunita ^a,b   Elias, Pierre ^d   Ariely, Dan ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84878474315     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.401     Document Type: Article

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