Analysis of caries experience taking inter-observer bias and variability into account

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 951-955

  Lesaffre, E ^a   Mwalili, S M ^a   Declerck, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Calibration; Caries experience; Kappa value; Logistic regression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BELGIUM; CALIBRATION; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BAYES THEOREM; BELGIUM; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CALIBRATION; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 16544382966     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/154405910408301212     Document Type: Article

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