Assessing case definitions in the absence of a diagnostic gold standard

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 949-952

  Coggon, David ^a   Martyn, Christopher ^a   Palmer, Keith T ^a   Evanoff, Bradley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Diagnosis; Validity

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; RELIABILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 26444485668     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyi012     Document Type: Article

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