Correction: Diagnostic accuracy study of three alcohol breathalysers marketed for sale to the public (BMJ Open (2018) 4 (e005811) DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005811);Diagnostic accuracy study of three alcohol breathalysers marketed for sale to the public

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Ashdown, Helen F ^a   Fleming, Susannah ^a   Spencer, Elizabeth A ^a   Thompson, Matthew J ^a   Stevens, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BREATH LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BREATH ALCOHOL ANALYZER; BREATH ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DRUNKEN DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; POLICE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED KINGDOM; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; BREATH TESTS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84920543379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005811corr1     Document Type: Erratum

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