Systematic reviews of diagnostic accuracy studies require study by study examination: First for heterogeneity, and then for sources of heterogeneity

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 865-866

  Begg, Colin B ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; MORBIDITY; NOTE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SAMPLE SIZE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; META-ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PUBLICATION BIAS; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICS;

EID: 23644447067     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.03.006     Document Type: Note

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