Optimal cut-point and its corresponding Youden index to discriminate individuals using pooled blood samples

Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 73-81

  Schisterman, Enrique F ^a   Perkins, Neil J ^b   Liu, Aiyi ^b   Bondell, Howard ^b  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; ROC CURVE; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SELECTION BIAS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 13744251543     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000147512.81966.ba     Document Type: Article

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