A toxicologist's guide to studying diagnostic tests

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 171-179

  Bailey, Benoit ^a   Amre, Devendra K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bias; Predictive value of tests; Reproducibility of results; ROC curve; Sensibility and specificity; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVALUATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXICOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DRUG OVERDOSE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; LABORATORY TEST; PROBABILITY; QRS COMPLEX; QUALITATIVE VALIDITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TOXICITY TESTING;

TRICARBOXYLIC ACID;

EID: 18844454007     PISSN: 07313810     EISSN: 10979875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CLT-200057869     Document Type: Conference Paper

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