Comparison of Medical Subject Headings and standard terminology regarding performance of diagnostic tests

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 221-223

  Michel, Philippe ^a,b   Mouillet, Evelyne ^a   Rachid Salmi, L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b Ctr Geriatrie Ctr Hosp Univ B   (France)

^c BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; MEDLINE; MESH HEADING; NOMENCLATURE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDITY;

EID: 33646272164     PISSN: 15365050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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