PM&R
Volume 2, Issue 3 , Pages 182-186 , March 2010

Understanding and Critically Appraising Evidence About Diagnostic Tests

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 Editor’s note: This piece is a companion to Maslowski et al on p. 174 in this issue.

PII: S1934-1482(10)00195-4

doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2010.03.007

PM&R
Volume 2, Issue 3 , Pages 182-186 , March 2010