Evidence based medicine in nuclear medicine practice; Part II: Appraising and applying the evidence

Iranian Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-56

  Sadeghi, Ramin ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Critical appraisal; Evidence based medicine; Nuclear medicine; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PREDICTION; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

EID: 73949104454     PISSN: 16812824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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