Examining agreement between clinicians when assessing sick children

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Wagai, John ^a   Senga, John ^a   Fegan, Greg ^b,c   English, Mike ^a,d  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSENSUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; KENYAN; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; VIDEORECORDING; WORK EXPERIENCE;

EID: 84873366510     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004626     Document Type: Article

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