Prediction rules must be developed according to methodological guidelines [1]

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 263-

  Janssen, Kristel J M ^a   Moons, Karel G M ^a   Harrell Jr , Frank E ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; FEMALE; NOTE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 77949500262     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-152-4-201002160-00014     Document Type: Letter

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