Psychiatry Research
Volume 112, Issue 2 , Pages 153-159 , 10 October 2002

A novel approach to assess inter-rater reliability in the use of the Overt Aggression Scale-Modified

  • Jean Endicott

      Affiliations

    • New York State Psychiatric Institute, Unit 123, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA
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  • Katherine Tracy

      Affiliations

    • Abbott Laboratories, 200 Abbott Park Road, Department R42C-AP30, Abbott Park, IL 60064-6148, USA
    • University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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  • David Burt

      Affiliations

    • Abbott Laboratories, 200 Abbott Park Road, Department R42C-AP30, Abbott Park, IL 60064-6148, USA
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  • Evelyn Olson

      Affiliations

    • Abbott Laboratories, 200 Abbott Park Road, Department R42C-AP30, Abbott Park, IL 60064-6148, USA
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  • Emil F Coccaro

      Affiliations

    • University of Chicago, Department of Psychiatry, Pritzker School of Medicine, 5841 S. Maryland, Mail Code 3077, Chicago, IL 60637, USA

Received 19 February 2002 ,Revised 19 July 2002 ,Accepted 25 July 2002.

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Psychiatry Research
Volume 112, Issue 2 , Pages 153-159 , 10 October 2002

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