The limitations of risk factors as prognostic tools.

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Published in N Engl J Med on December 21, 2006

Authors

James H Ware1

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1: Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Clinical and Biological Markers in Acute Respiratory Failure | NCT02019095

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