Systematic reviews in health care: Systematic reviews of evaluations of diagnostic and screening tests

British Medical Journal

Volumn 323, Issue 7305, 2001, Pages 157-162

  Deeks, J J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; META-ANALYSIS; REVIEW LITERATURE; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

EID: 0035928514     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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