Agreement studies in obstetrics and gynaecology: Inappropriateness, controversies and consequences

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 667-669

  Costa Santos, Cristina ^a   Costa Pereira, Altamiro ^a   Bernardes, João ^a  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GYNECOLOGY; OBSTETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 18744382468     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00505.x     Document Type: Review

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