Sampling rate causes bias in APACHE II and SAPS II scores
β Scribed by Matti Suistomaa; Aarno Kari; Esko Ruokonen; Jukka Takala
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 90 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-1238
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