Diagnostic tests 1

Altman, D. G., & Bland, J. M. (1994). Diagnostic tests 1: sensitivity and specificity. BMJ.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

1994

DOI

10.1136/bmj.308.6943.1552

DOI registrant

BMJ

Link

https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.308.6943.1552

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Mechanisms

• Clinical Screening
  • Its sensitivity and specificity

    This sourceDefines sensitivity and specificity as measures that quantify a diagnostic test’s ability to identify true positives and true negatives.

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