Quality standards are needed for reporting of test accuracy studies for animal diseases

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 136-143

  Gardner, Ian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal disease; Reporting standards; Sensitivity and specificity; Test accuracy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PEER REVIEW; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 78650179334     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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