Optimal choice of a cut point for a quantitative diagnostic test performed for research purposes

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 956-962

  Magder, Laurence S ^a   Fix, Alan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic tests; Epidemiologic methods; Misclassification; Odds ratio; Risk ratio; Sensitivity and specificity; Study design

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; INFECTION; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0142042821     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(03)00153-7     Document Type: Article

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