Comparing multiple sensitivities and specificities with different diagnostic criteria: Applications to sexual abuse and sexual health research

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-37

  Yu, Q ^a   Tang, W ^a,b   Ma, Y ^a   Gamble, S A ^b   Tu, X M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; INVERSE PROBLEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARDS; TESTING;

BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS; BIO-MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC TESTING; HEALTH RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; MISSING DATA; NEW APPROACHES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMULATION STUDIES; TEST KITS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 49649098961     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2008.05.031     Document Type: Article

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