Toward sound objective evaluation of clinical measures

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 589-595

  Kraemer, Helena Chmura ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; EFFECT SIZE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RELIABILITY; REVIEW;

EID: 84880153035     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2013.03.011     Document Type: Editorial

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