A unification of models for meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy studies

Biostatistics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 239-251

  Harbord, Roger M ^a   Deeks, Jonathan J ^b   Egger, Matthias ^c   Whiting, Penny ^a   Sterne, Jonathan A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bivariate normal distribution; Diagnostic tests; Hierarchial models; HSROC model; Meta analysis; ROC analysis; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOGRAPHY; META ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; ROC CURVE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHOGRAPHY; META-ANALYSIS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ROC CURVE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34147095920     PISSN: 14654644     EISSN: 14684357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biostatistics/kxl004     Document Type: Article

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