Understanding and using sensitivity, specificity and predictive values

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-50

  Parikh, Rajul ^a,b   Mathai, Annie ^a   Parikh, Shefali ^a   Sekhar, G Chandra ^a   Thomas, Ravi ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Predictive values; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149096396     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: 03014738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.37595     Document Type: Article

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