On measurement consistency and other hobgoblins

Sleep

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 847-848

  Hirshkowitz, Max ^a,b   Sharafkhaneh, Amir ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DATA ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; HUMANS; NOISE; OBSERVER VARIATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 4143117883     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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