Identifying relevant diagnostic studies in Medline. The diagnostic value of the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and dipstick as an example

Family Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 204-208

  Van Der Weijden, Trudy ^a   Ijzermans, C Joris ^b   Dinant, Geert Jan ^a   Van Duijn, Nico P ^b   De Vet, Riekie ^a   Buntinx, Frank ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Family practice; Medline economics; Medline utilization; Subject headings

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GENERAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLICATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDLINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REAGENT STRIPS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERMINOLOGY; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 0031009533     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/14.3.204     Document Type: Article

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