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Incorporation bias in studies of diagnostic tests: how to avoid being biased about bias

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Andrew Worster  and
Christopher Carpenter
Andrew Worster*
Affiliation:
Division of Emergency Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
Christopher Carpenter
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Miss.
*
Department of Emergency Medicine, Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster University, 237 Barton St. E., Hamilton ON L8N 3Z5; [email protected]

Abstract

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Keywords

diagnostic testreference standardincorporation bias
Type
Education • Enseignement
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , March 2008 , pp. 174 - 175
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2008

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