Adjusting for bias in diagnostic reports

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 322-324

  Heijenbrok Kal, Majanka H ^a   Hunink, M G Myriam ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; EVALUATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; ROC CURVE; SELECTION BIAS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0036124661     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(02)01042-2     Document Type: Editorial

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