Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 59, Issue 11 , Pages 1169-1173 , November 2006

A comparison of two consensus methods for classifying morbidities in a single professional group showed the same outcomes

,Accepted 23 February 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2006.02.016

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 59, Issue 11 , Pages 1169-1173 , November 2006

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