LQAS: User beware

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-68

  Rhoda, Dale A ^a   Fernandez, Soledad A ^a   Fitch, David J ^b   Lemeshow, Stanley ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rafael Landívar University   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Evaluation studies; Healthcare; Immunization; Intervention studies; Lot quality assurance sampling; Prevalence; Quality assurance; Sampling studies

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; SAMPLING;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; FACE VALIDITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOT QUALITY ASSURANCE SAMPLING; NULL HYPOTHESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; VACCINATION; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE; ROC CURVE; SELECTION BIAS; VACCINATION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 77952300074     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn366     Document Type: Article

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