Estimating a test's accuracy using tailored meta-analysis - How setting-specific data may aid study selection

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 538-546

  Willis, Brian H ^a   Hyde, Christopher J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data interpretation, statistical; Decision making; Diagnosis tests, routine; Mass screening; Meta analysis; Models, statistical

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS TESTS, ROUTINE; MASS SCREENING; META-ANALYSIS; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATE MEDICINE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84897537279     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2013.10.016     Document Type: Article

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