Use of Methodological Standards in Diagnostic Test Research: Getting Better but Still Not Good

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 274, Issue 8, 1995, Pages 645-651

  Reid, M Carrington ^a   Lachs, Mark S ^b   Feinstein, Alvan R ^c  

^a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Departments of Internal Medicine and Epidemiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0029116527     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1995.03530080061042     Document Type: Article

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