Reliability of distance estimation by doctors and patients: Cross sectional study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 315, Issue 7123, 1997, Pages 1652-1654

  Sharrack, Basil ^a   Hughes, Richard A C ^a,b  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Neurology ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WALKING;

EID: 0031588477     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7123.1652     Document Type: Article

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