The Meaning of Life Expectancy: What is a Clinically Significant Gain?

Overview

Journal J Gen Intern Med

Publisher Springer

Specialty General Medicine

Date 1994 Dec 1

PMID 7876956

Citations 14

Authors

D Naimark

G Naglie

A S Detsky

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