When should we remain blind and when should our eyes remain open in diagnostic studies?

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 633-636

  Moons, Karel G M ^a   Grobbee, Diederick E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; IMAGING; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0036323994     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(02)00408-0     Document Type: Note

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