A reader's guide to the evaluation of prognostic studies

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 843, 1996, Pages 6-11

  Van Walraven, Carl ^a   Hébert, Paul G ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Literature evaluation; Prognostic studies

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; SHORT SURVEY;

GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; PROGNOSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0030063940     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.72.843.6     Document Type: Article

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