Systematic Reviews in Health Care: Systematic Reviews of Evaluations of Diagnostic and Screening Tests

Overview

Journal BMJ

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2001 Jul 21

PMID 11463691

Citations 394

Authors

J J Deeks

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