Methodologic standards for diagnostic test research in pulmonary medicine

Chest

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 877-885

  Heffner, John E ^a,b,c   Feinstein, David ^a   Barbieri, Celia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian theorem; Diagnostic tests; Predictive value of tests; Receiver operating characteristic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; LUNG DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STANDARD;

EID: 0031691748     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.114.3.877     Document Type: Article

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