Evaluation of QUADAS, a tool for the quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>A quality assessment tool for diagnostic accuracy studies, named QUADAS, has recently been developed. Although QUADAS has been used in several systematic reviews, it has not been formally validated. The objective was to evaluate the...

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Main Authors: Bossuyt Patrick NM, Reitsma Johannes B, Rutjes Anne WS, Weswood Marie E, Whiting Penny F, Kleijnen Jos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-03-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/6/9