Comparative analysis of different approaches to report diagnostic accuracy

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 734-735

  Pieter, Vermeersch ^a   Xavier, Bossuyt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BELGIUM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77951661525     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.84     Document Type: Article

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