How to use and interpret interval likelihood ratios

Family Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 432-437

  Sonis, Jeffrey ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; BACTEREMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033038499     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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