Incorporation bias in studies of diagnostic tests: How to avoid being biased about bias

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 174-175

  Worster, Andrew ^a   Carpenter, Christopher ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic test; Incorporation bias; Reference standard

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNT MALFUNCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

EID: 54349111701     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500009891     Document Type: Article

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