Bayesian estimation of asthma prevalence, and comparison of exercise and questionnaire diagnostics in the absence of a gold standard

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 201-208

  Demissie, Kitaw ^a,b   White, Neil ^a   Joseph, Lawrence ^a   Ernst, Pierre ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Bayesian; Exercise; Gibbs Sampler; Predictive Values; Questionnaire; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BAYES THEOREM; CANADA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUNNING; SCHOOL CHILD;

ASTHMA; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032054827     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(97)00168-3     Document Type: Article

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