Interrater Reliability: Completing the Methods Description in Medical Records Review Studies

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Interrater reliability: completing the methods description in medical records review studies.

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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Epidemiology

سال: 2005

ISSN: 1476-6256,0002-9262

DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwi122