Assessing the Validity of Diagnostic Tests

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  • Abbas Rezaianzadeh Department of Epidemiology, School of Health and Nutrition, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
  • Jafar Hassanzadeh Department of Epidemiology, School of Health and Nutrition, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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volume 37  issue 1

pages  2-

publication date 2012-03-01

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