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Words Representing Numeric Probabilities in Medical Writing Are Ambiguous and Misinterpreted
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Words of estimative probability are used in medical writing. Authors know the number they intend the word to mean, readers do not. The objective of this study is to assess the variability of words having numeric meaning to medical doctors. DESIGN: A survey of 131 American t...
Autor principal: | Ott, Douglas E. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The Society of Laparoscopic & Robotic Surgeons
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8325478/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34354332 http://dx.doi.org/10.4293/JSLS.2021.00034 |
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