A closer look at diagnosis in clinical dental practice: Part 1. Reliability, validity, specificity and sensitivity of diagnostic procedures

Journal of the Canadian Dental Association

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Pretty, Iain A ^a,e   Maupomé, Gerardo ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY DENTAL HOSPITAL OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision support techniques; Predictive value of tests; Risk assessment methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MOUTH DISEASE; NOMENCLATURE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS, ORAL; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 4043156894     PISSN: 14882159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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