Moisture lesions: Interrater agreement and reliability

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 716-720

  Kottner, Jan ^a   Halfens, Ruud ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

EPUAP; Interrater agreement; Interrater reliability; Moisture lesion; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; EUROPE; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION;

EUROPE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRESSURE ULCER;

EID: 77955719191     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.03109.x     Document Type: Article

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