Meta-analysis of measures of performance reported in oral cancer and precancer screening studies

British Dental Journal

Volumn 192, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 340-344

  Moles, D R ^a,b   Downer, M C ^b,c   Speight, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY DENTAL HOSPITAL OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MASS SCREENING; META ANALYSIS; MOUTH TUMOR; PRECANCER; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1642451147     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4801370     Document Type: Article

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