Risk assessment and receiver operating characteristic curves

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 895-898

  Szmukler, G ^a   Everitt, B ^a   Leese, M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AUC; risk assessment; ROC curve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHIATRY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84859254871     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003329171100208X     Document Type: Review

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