Interexaminer agreement on the American Board of Emergency Medicine oral certification examination

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 859-864

  Bianchi, Leonard ^a,c   Gallagher, E John ^b   Korte, Robert ^a   Ham, Hazen P ^a,d  

^a American Board of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Flint Community Schools   (United States)

^d AMERICAN BOARD OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037837713     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2003.214     Document Type: Article

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