The intra- and inter-examiner reliability of quantitative light-induced fluorescence (QLF) analyses

British Dental Journal

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 105-109

  Pretty, I A ^a   Hall, A F ^b   Smith, P W ^c   Edgar, W M ^a   Higham, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; LIGHT; MOLAR TOOTH; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MOLAR; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0037183333     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4801496     Document Type: Article

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