Using a graph of the abnormal predictive value versus the positive predictive value for the determination of outlier laboratories in the National Health Service cervical screening programme

Cytopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 379-388

  Blanks, R G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abnormal predictive value; Cervical screening; Cytology; Performance measures; Positive predictive value

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLPOSCOPY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DYSKARYOSIS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU;

CERVIX UTERI; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MASS SCREENING; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 78650475984     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: 13652303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2010.00771.x     Document Type: Article

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