Publications on diagnostic test evaluation in family medicine journals: An optimal search strategy

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-69

  Deville W L J M ^a   Bezemer, P D ^a   Bouter, L M ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Family medicine; Logistic regression; Medline; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDLINE; PERIODICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033970173     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(99)00144-4     Document Type: Article

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