Understanding the reliability of diagnostic variables in a chinese medicine examination

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 727-734

  O'Brien, Kylie A ^a,e   Abbas, Estelle ^a   Zhang, Jiansheng ^b   Guo, Zhi Xin ^c   Luo, Ruizhi ^c   Bensoussan, Alan ^d   Komesaroff, Paul A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Tianjin Tasly Group Co Ltd   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLOR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549125394     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2008.0554     Document Type: Article

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