Bayesian inference in two-phase prevalence studies

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1121-1133

  Erkanli, Alaattin ^a   Soyer, Refik ^b   Stangl, Dalene ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING;

ADOLESCENT; BAYES THEOREM; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORTH CAROLINA; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030918038     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19970530)16:10<1121::AID-SIM526>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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