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European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

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01-08-2019

Diagnostic accuracy studies need more informative abstracts

Authors: Jérémie F. Cohen, Daniël A. Korevaar, Patrick M. Bossuyt

Published in: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases | Issue 8/2019

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In the era of evidence-based medicine, clinicians, scientists, and policymakers have to screen large amounts of information in short periods of time to stay up-to-date. Journal abstracts play a crucial role in this process. Based on the abstract, readers commonly decide whether they should invest time in obtaining and reading the full text. Sometimes, decisions regarding the adoption of interventions and medical tests may be made on abstracts alone, for example, when full texts are not available because of a paywall. …

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Title: Diagnostic accuracy studies need more informative abstracts
Authors: Jérémie F. Cohen
Daniël A. Korevaar
Patrick M. Bossuyt
Publication date: 01-08-2019
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases / Issue 8/2019
Print ISSN: 0934-9723
Electronic ISSN: 1435-4373
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-019-03570-7

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