Evaluation of QUADAS, a tool for the quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Whiting, Penny F ^a   Weswood, Marie E ^b   Rutjes, Anne W S ^c   Reitsma, Johannes B ^c   Bossuyt, Patrick N M ^c   Kleijnen, Jos ^b  

^a MRC Health Services Research Collaboration   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTENT VALIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; CONSENSUS; LITERATURE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PEER REVIEW; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

CONSENSUS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRES; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 33645499658     PISSN: 14712288     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-6-9     Document Type: Review

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