Statistical methods for evidence-based medicine: The diagnostic test. Part I

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 74, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 431-436

  Cesana, B M ^a   Antonelli, P ^a   Chiumello, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Diagnostic tests, routine; Evidence based medicine; Statistics as topic

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDITY;

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE;

EID: 48749129172     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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