Biochemical Screening — A Critique
- 12 November 1970
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 283 (20) , 1084-1086
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm197011122832005
Abstract
A biochemical screening program produces a great deal of laboratory data at small unit cost to the patient, but at considerable cost to the whole patient population. No evidence is available that its introduction is medically justified.Keywords
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