Comparison of volunteers' experience of using, and accuracy of reading, different types of home pregnancy test formats

Expert Opinion on Medical Diagnostics

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 435-441

  Pike, Joanna ^a   Godbert, Sonya ^a   Johnson, Sarah ^a  

^a SPD Development Company Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cassettes; Midstream; Pregnancy tests; Strips; User accuracy

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST KIT; HOME DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREGNANCY TEST; RESEARCH; URINALYSIS; VOLUNTEER; COHORT ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84883195673     PISSN: 17530059     EISSN: 17530067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/17530059.2013.830103     Document Type: Article

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