Estimation of test sensitivity and specificity when disease confirmation is limited to positive results

Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-72

  Walter, Stephen D ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Data analyses; Diagnoses; Epidemiologic methods; Latent class models; Screening; Sensitivity and Specificity

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0032902388     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199901000-00012     Document Type: Article

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