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. 1992 Apr 25;304(6834):1099–1103. doi: 10.1136/bmj.304.6834.1099

Decision analysis in medicine.

J G Thornton 1, R J Lilford 1, N Johnson 1
PMCID: PMC1881931  PMID: 1530694

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