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Reliability of a new modified tear breakup time method: methodological and statistical issues

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  1. Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Siamak Sabour

  2. Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Siamak Sabour

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Misdiagnosis and mismanagement of the patients in routine clinical care cannot be avoided using inappropriate assessments of reliability and validity

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Sabour, S. Reliability of a new modified tear breakup time method: methodological and statistical issues. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 254, 595–596 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-015-3138-4

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