The problem with sensitivity and specificity...

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 298-303

  Gallagher, E John ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; CONTROL SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDITORIAL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; BAYES THEOREM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; NOTE; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROC CURVE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BAYES THEOREM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0042848731     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2003.273     Document Type: Article

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