Enhancing and evaluating diagnostic accuracy.

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Published in Med Decis Making on June 21, 1991

Authors

J A Swets1, D J Getty, R M Pickett, C J D'Orsi, S E Seltzer, B J McNeil

Author Affiliations

1: BBN Laboratories, Bolt, Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138.

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