Interobserver Agreement in the Classification of Stroke in the Physicians' Health Study

Stroke

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 238-242

  Berger, Klaus ^a   Kase, Carlos S ^b   Buring, Julie E ^a,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Diagnosis; Interobserver variation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPIRIN; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOIDS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHYSICIANS; PLACEBOS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0030044789     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.27.2.238     Document Type: Article

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