Towards complete and accurate reporting of studies of diagnostic accuracy: The STARD initiative

British Medical Journal

Volumn 326, Issue 7379, 2003, Pages 41-44

  Bossuyt, Patrick M ^a   Reitsma, Johannes B ^a   Bruns, David E ^b   Gatsonis, Constantine A ^c   Glasziou, Paul P ^d   Irwig, Les M ^e   Lijmer, Jeroen G ^a   Moher, David ^f   Rennie, Drummond ^g   De Vet, Henrica C W ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^g JAMA   (United States)

^h VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RELIABILITY; REVIEW;

EID: 0037417585     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.326.7379.41     Document Type: Review

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