Methodology of a multi-site reliability study. Epsilon study 3

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 177, Issue SUPPL. 39, 2000, Pages

  Schene, Aart H ^a   Koeter, Maarten ^a   Van Wijngaarden, Bob ^a   Knudsen, Helle Charlotte ^d   Leese, Morven ^d   Ruggeri, Mirella ^d   White, Ian R ^b   Vázquez Barquero, José Luis ^c  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^d Academic Medical Centre ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RELIABILITY; SAMPLING; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICS;

EID: 0033923956     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.177.39.s15     Document Type: Article

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