Unpacking the Unreliability of Interrater Reliability of Pediatric Auscultation
Chris A Rees1,2, Jacques D du Toit3,4,5, Kristina Keitel6,7,8
1Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
No abstract available in PubMed .
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