The validation study and application of stratum-specific likelihood ratios in the Chinese version of SPAN

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 78-81

  Chen, Chin Hung ^a,b   Shen, Winston W ^a,b   Tan, Happy Kuy Lok ^a,b   Chou, Jen Yu ^a,b   Lu, Mong Liang ^a,b  

^a Tsaotun Psychiatric Center   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; STARTLE PHYSIOLOGICAL AROUSAL ANGER AND NUMBNESS SCALE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037217396     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/comp.2003.50013     Document Type: Article

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