A practical problem with calculating the false-negative rate of Papanicolaou smear interpretation by rescreening negative cases alone

Cancer

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 351-353

  Renshaw, Andrew A ^a  

^a BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytology; Papanicolaou smear; Quality assessment; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; PATHOLOGY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0033604699     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19991225)87:6<351::AID-CNCR5>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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