The science of systematic reviewing studies of diagnostic tests

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 577-588

  Oosterhuis, W P ^a   Niessen, R W L M ^a   Bossuyt, P M M ^a  

^a CPRLab   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnostic test; Evidence based medicine; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033825218     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2000.084     Document Type: Review

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