Interrater reliability issues in multicenter trials, part I: Theoretical concepts and operational procedures used in Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study #394

Psychopharmacology Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-57

  Tracy, Kathlene ^a,b   Adler, Lenard A ^a,b   Rotrosen, John ^a,b   Edson, Robert ^c   Lavori, Philip ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA Coop Studs Prog Coord Center   (United States)

Author keywords

AIMS; BAS; BPRS; GAF; Interrater reliability

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG RESEARCH; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SAMPLING; TARDIVE DYSKINESIA;

HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES; OBSERVER VARIATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 0030897711     PISSN: 00485764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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