Assessing surveillance using sensitivity, specificity and timeliness

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 445-464

  Kleinman, Ken P ^a   Abrams, Allyson M ^a  

^a HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ANTHRAX; BIOTERRORISM; BOSTON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC MEASUREMENTS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING;

EID: 39049193558     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0962280206071641     Document Type: Article

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