Appraising the methodological quality of cadaveric studies: Validation of the QUACS scale

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 226, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 440-446

  Wilke, J ^a   Krause, F ^a   Niederer, D ^a   Engeroff, T ^a   Nurnberger F ^a   Vogt, L ^a   Banzer, W ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anatomical study; Dissection study; Methodological quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CHECKLIST; CONSENSUS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISSECTION; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITY APPRAISAL FOR CADAVERIC STUDIES SCALE; QUALITY CONTROL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; ANATOMY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANATOMY; CADAVER; DATA ACCURACY; DATA COLLECTION; DISSECTION; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84929269125     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joa.12292     Document Type: Article

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