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Misguided efforts and future challenges for research on "diagnostic tests"

A R Feinstein^,

Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA

Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Professor I Hernández Aguado, Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Departamento de Salud Pública, Campus de San Juan, Universidad Miguel Hernández, San Juan, Alicante E-03550, Spain;
ihernandez{at}umh.es

This paper was commissioned by the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, together with the accompanying commentaries.

Keywords: diagnostic research

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