A guide to reading health care news stories

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1183-1186

  Schwitzer, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DISEASE MARKER; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DEVICE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING TEST; TECHNOLOGY; TELEVISION;

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84904103906     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.1359     Document Type: Review

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