Poor reporting of outcomes beyond accuracy in point-of-care tests for syphilis: A call for a framework

AIDS Research and Treatment

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Jafari, Yalda ^a   Johri, Mira ^b,c   Joseph, Lawrence ^a   Vadnais, Caroline ^d   Pant Pai, Nitika ^a,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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EID: 84899567873     PISSN: 20901240     EISSN: 20901259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/465932     Document Type: Article

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