Evaluating laboratory diagnostic tests

BMJ

Volumn 336, Issue 7644, 2008, Pages 569-570

  Walley, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDITORIAL; ETHICS; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GENOME; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; VALIDITY; WART VIRUS; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NOTE;

EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 40949157539     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39513.576701.80     Document Type: Editorial

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