Use of the limits of agreement approach in periodontology

Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 119-124

  Bassania, Diego Garcia ^a   Miranda, Letícia Algarves ^b   Gustafsson, Anders ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agreement; Periodontal attachment loss; Probing depth; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTAL RESEARCH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTICS; PERIODONTITIS; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

DENTAL RESEARCH; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL ATTACHMENT LOSS; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PERIODONTICS; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 35148844176     PISSN: 16021622     EISSN: 17579996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3290/j.ohpd.a12303     Document Type: Article

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