The inter-observer agreement of examining pre-school children with acute cough: a nested study
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The inter-observer agreement of examining pre-school children with acute cough: a nested study
BACKGROUND The presence of clinical signs have implications for diagnosis, prognosis and treatment. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine the inter-observer agreement of clinical signs in pre-school children presenting to primary care. METHODS A nested study comparing two clinical assessments within a prospective cohort of 256 pre-school children with acute cough recruited from eigh...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Family Practice
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1471-2296
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-5-4