The Quality of Reporting in Diagnostic Test Research: Getting Better, Still Not Optimal

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 465-466

  Bossuyt, Patrick M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PROTEOMICS; QUALITY CONTROL;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; PUBLICATIONS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 1542358923     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2003.029736     Document Type: Editorial

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