Quality of reporting of diagnostic accuracy studies

Radiology

Volumn 235, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 347-353

  Smidt, Nynke ^a   Rutjes, Anne W S ^b   Van Der Windt, Daniëlle A W M ^a   Ostelo, Raymond W J G ^a   Reitsma, Johannes B ^b   Bossuyt, Patrick M ^b   Bouter, Lex M ^a   De Vet, Henrica C W ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDLINE; NEUROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOLOGY; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; STUDENT T TEST; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL POLICIES; HUMANS; PERIODICALS; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOFTWARE DESIGN; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

EID: 17644368954     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2352040507     Document Type: Article

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