How to read a paper. Papers that report diagnostic or screening tests

British Medical Journal

Volumn 315, Issue 7107, 1997, Pages 540-543

  Greenhalgh, Trisha ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SHORT SURVEY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0030839240     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7107.540     Document Type: Short Survey

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