Reporting and concordance of methodologic criteria between abstracts and articles in diagnostic test studies

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 183-187

  Estrada, Carlos A ^a   Bloch, Richard M ^a   Antonacci, Diana ^a   Basnight, L Lorraine ^a   Patel, Sangnya R ^a   Patel, Sanjay C ^a   Wiese, Wilhelmine ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Evidence based medicine; Periodicals; Publishing; Quality control; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; TRICHOMONIASIS;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 0034098079     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2000.03189.x     Document Type: Article

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