The effect of misclassification in screening trials: A simulation study

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 125-135

  Obuchowski, Nancy A ^a   Lieber, Michael L ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease specific mortality; Misclassification; Screening trials; Statistical power

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ERROR; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; RISK; SCREENING; SIMULATION; SYMPTOM;

MARKOV CHAINS; MORTALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 39049129254     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2007.05.009     Document Type: Article

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