Appraising evaluations of screening/diagnostic tests: The importance of the study populations

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1198-1202

  Harper, R ^a   Henson, D ^a   Reeves, B C ^b  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVALUATION; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; METHODOLOGY; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PERFORMANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLE; SCREENING TEST; STANDARD; TONOMETRY;

GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; VISION SCREENING; VISION TESTS;

EID: 0033820672     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.84.10.1198     Document Type: Article

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