A method to automate probabilistic sensitivity analyses of misclassified binary variables

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1370-1376

  Fox, Matthew P ^a   Lash, Timothy L ^a,b   Greenland, Sander ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiological methods; Misclassification; Monte Carlo method; Sensitivity analysis; Sensitivity and Specificity

Indexed keywords

RESIN;

HEALTH AND DISEASE;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESINS, SYNTHETIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 29244469612     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyi184     Document Type: Article

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