Assessing inter-rater reliability (IRR) of tanner staging and orchidometer use with boys: A study from PROS

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 291-299

  Slora, Eric J ^a   Bocian, Alison B ^a   Herman Giddens, Marcia E ^b   Harris, Donna L ^a   Pedlow, Steven E ^c   Dowshen, Steven A ^d   Wasserman, Richard C ^a,e  

^a AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Practice based research network (PBRN); Primary care; Puberty; Secondary sexual characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENITAL SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL MATURITY; TESTIS SIZE;

EID: 67649312017     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2009.22.4.291     Document Type: Article

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