Results of diagnostic accuracy studies are not always validated

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 559.e1-559.e9

  Van den Bruel, Ann ^a   Aertgeerts, Bert ^a   Buntinx, Frank ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnostic accuracy study; Methodology; Test; Validation

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 33646498119     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.10.011     Document Type: Review

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