Choosing the Best Monitoring Tests

Evidence-based Medical Monitoring: From Principles to Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 63-74

  Irwig, Les ^a   Glasziou, Paul P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological fluctuations; Clinical validity; Monitoring tests; Responsiveness; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953432995     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470696323.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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