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Some Pitfalls in the Evaluation of Screening Programs

Manning Feinleib MD, DrPH Epidemiological Research Section, National Heart Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md, 20014
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Marvin Zelen PhD Department of Statistics, State University of New York at Buffalo, Amherst, NY
Pages 412-415 | Received 03 Jan 1969, Accepted 12 May 1969, Published online: 29 Apr 2013

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