The Problem of Observer Variation in Medical Diagnosis with Special Reference to Chest Diseases^[*)]

 

^*) Presented at the 8. Jahrestagung des „Arbeitsausschuß Medizin” der Dsutschen Gesellschaft für Dokumentation, Köln, October 14-10, 1963.

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