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Title
Clinicians should not be forced to use likelihood ratios when comparing tests
Authors
J. F. Cohen
M. Chalumeau
P. M. Bossuyt
Publication date
01-01-2017
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases / Issue 1/2017
Print ISSN: 0934-9723
Electronic ISSN: 1435-4373
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-016-2800-z

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