Issues and pitfalls in method comparison studies

Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 227-232

  Hartnack, Sonja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agreement between two measurements; Bland Altman plot; Measure agreement with repeated measures; Method comparison study

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; EVALUATION STUDY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VETERINARY; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 84899483587     PISSN: 14672987     EISSN: 14672995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/vaa.12143     Document Type: Article

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