Estimating Sensitivity and Sojourn Time in Screening for Colorectal Cancer: A Comparison of Statistical Approaches

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 609-619

  Prevost, T C ^a   Launoy, G ^b   Duffy, S W ^a   Chen, H H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Colorectal neoplasms; Mass screening; Models, statistical; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032529927     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009687     Document Type: Article

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