The development of QUADAS: a tool for the quality assessment of studies of diagnostic accuracy included in systematic reviews

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In the era of evidence based medicine, with systematic reviews as its cornerstone, adequate quality assessment tools should be available. There is currently a lack of a systematically developed and evaluated tool for the assessment o...

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Main Authors: Bossuyt Patrick MM, Reitsma Johannes B, Rutjes Anne WS, Whiting Penny, Kleijnen Jos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2003-11-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/3/25