A grey zone for quantitative diagnostic and screening tests

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 304-313

  Coste, Joël ^a   Pouchot, Jacques ^b  

^a Hôpital COCHIN ^*  (France)

^b HÔPITAL LOUIS MOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

Diagnostic; Discrimination; Graphical method; Measurement; Quantitative test; Reliability; Screening

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; HEALTH STATUS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETICULOCYTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; HEMOGLOBINOMETRY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETICULOCYTES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

EID: 0038187644     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyg054     Document Type: Article

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