Statistical methods for the estimation of sensitivity and specificity of site-specific diagnostic tests

Journal of Periodontal Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 351-354

  Ahn, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlated data; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH DISEASE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS, ORAL; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031136105     PISSN: 00223484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0765.1997.tb00544.x     Document Type: Article

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