Prevalence-value-accuracy plots: A new method for comparing diagnostic tests based on misclassification costs

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 934-941

  Remaley, Alan T ^a   Sampson, Maureen L ^a   DeLeo, James M ^b   Remaley, Nancy A ^c   Farsi, Beriuse D ^d   Zweig, Mark H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; PREVALENCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

APOLIPOPROTEIN A-I; APOLIPOPROTEINS B; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY DISEASE; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; ROC CURVE;

POTATO VIRUS A;

EID: 0032814818     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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