A hierarchical outcomes approach to test assessment

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 77-84

  Pearl, W S ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DNA TEMPLATE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032938342     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(99)70421-X     Document Type: Article

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