Bivariate meta-analysis of sensitivity and specificity of radiographers' plain radiograph reporting in clinical practice

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 979, 2009, Pages 600-604

  Brealey, S ^a   Hewitt, C ^a   Scally, A ^b   Hahn, S ^c   Godfrey, C ^a   Thomas, N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d TRAFFORD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; ODDS RATIO; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67649795739     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/11749530     Document Type: Article

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