Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 56, Issue 12 , Pages 1148-1149 , December 2003

Test development: two-sided coin or one-sided Möbius strip?

,Accepted 15 August 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2003.09.006

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 56, Issue 12 , Pages 1148-1149 , December 2003

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