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Methods Inf Med 1964; 03(04): 98-103
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1636275
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The Problem of Observer Variation in Medical Diagnosis with Special Reference to Chest Diseases[*)]

CM. Fletcher
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Received: 15. Oktober 1963



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16. Februar 2018 (online)

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*) Presented at the 8. Jahrestagung des „Arbeitsausschuß Medizin” der Dsutschen Gesellschaft für Dokumentation, Köln, October 14-10, 1963.


 

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