Early detection of disease and scheduling of screening examinations

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 443-456

  Lee, Sandra ^a   Huang, Hui ^a   Zelen, Marvin ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STOCHASTIC MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 9444272933     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0962280204sm377ra     Document Type: Article

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