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IA Scott, PB Greenberg, PJ Poole - Intern Med J, 2008 - interscience.wiley.com The use of investigational tests in making a diagnosis is a core activity of
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C Estellat, C Faisy, I Colombet, G Chatellier, … - Journal of clinical epidemiology, 2006 - Elsevier In 1981, Berwick et al. published an article assessing the methodological skills
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