Protocol of the COSMIN study: COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Mokkink, L B ^a   Terwee, C B ^a   Knol, D L ^a   Stratford, P W ^b   Alonso, J ^c   Patrick, D L ^d   Bouter, L M ^a   De Vet, H C W ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; CHECKLIST; CONSENSUS; HEALTH CARE; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DELPHI STUDY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CONSENSUS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 33244463519     PISSN: 14712288     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-6-2     Document Type: Article

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