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Decisions on diagnosis in family practice: Use of sensitivity, specificity, predictive values and likelihood ratios

โœ Scribed by Noel L. ESPALLARDO

Book ID
115181681
Publisher
Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.)
Year
2003
Tongue
English
Weight
55 KB
Volume
2
Category
Article
ISSN
1447-056X

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