Challenges in reporting meta-analyses of diagnostic accuracy studies

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 430-

  Kriston, Levente ^a   Härter, Martin ^a   Hölzel, Lars ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BIOSTATISTICS; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LETTER; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 62549131158     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-150-6-200903170-00025     Document Type: Letter

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